Microsoft Surface is a large multi-touch tabletop computer that allows multiple users to interact directly without mice or keyboards. It uses cameras and infrared sensors to track touch input and objects placed on its 30-inch display. First conceptualized in 2001, Surface was announced in 2007 and released in 2008. It runs on Intel processors and Windows Vista. While expensive, Surface provides benefits like collaborative work and interactive experiences. It is used by various companies for applications like digital menus and product comparisons.

1. Microsoft Surface

2. Surface Computer

3. What isMicrosoft Surface?
Microsoft Surface:
• A surface computing platform
from Microsoft Tabletop
Computer. You won't believe
this until you see it.
• It's actually real.
• No mouse, no keyboards, but
you can touch it and guess
what . . . it actually feels you.
• Don't you know what is it? It's
Microsoft Surface!!!

4. Origin of Microsoft Surface
• Idea for Surface was initially
conceptualized in 2001
• Project announced on May
30, 2007 at The Wall Street’s
'D: All Things Digital'
conference i.e. D5
conference
• Preliminary launched on
April 17,2008

5. H/W And S/W Specifications
• A 360-degree horizontal
user Touch interface
• A 30-inch tabletop display
• Intel Core 2 Duo @
2.13 GHz
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• 256GB SATA Hard Drive
• Window Vista Operating
System
• Interior frame is powder-
coated steel
• Inbuilt Bluetooth, Infrared

6. Features
 Direct interaction
Multi-touch contact
Multi-user experience
Object recognition

7. Key elementsof surfacecomputing
A form of computing that
offers “a natural way of
interacting with information,”
rather than traditional user
interface:
• Direct Interaction: The
ability to "grab" digital
information with hands -
interacting with
touch/gesture, not with a
mouse or keyboard.
• Multi–Touch: The ability to
recognize multiple points of
contact at the same time, not
just one (Ex. one finger, like
with most touch screens),
but dozens.

8. Key elementsof surfacecomputing
• Multi–User: The Surface’s
screen is horizontal, allowing
many people to come
together around it and
experience a “collaborative ,
face–to–face computing
experience”.
• Object Recognition:
Physical objects can be
placed on the Surface’s
screen to “trigger different
types of digital responses”
(Ex. cell phones, cameras, &
glasses of wine).

9. • Wireless- Transfer pictures from
camera to Surface and cell phone.
“Drag and drop virtual content to
physical objects.”
• Digital interactive painting
• At a phone store
• At a restaurant
• Play games and use the Internet.
• Watch television
• Jukebox! Browse music, make play
lists.
• Maps
Other Featuresof Microsoft Surface

10. Power of Microsoft Surface
• In a restaurant if a beer mug is placed
on the surface, the menu related to Beer
appears on the surface. The user need
to just select the item and the order
automatically reaches the bartender.
That is the power of Microsoft Surface.
• One can draw four lines with four
fingers on a Microsoft Surface.
•You may go to a shop to pick up a wrist
watch and liked several models. You do
not know how to compare the two
models, apart from the visual looks. Just
place the two models on the Microsoft
Surface. The power of Microsoft Surface
brings out the comparison of the two
models- feature by feature.

11. Working of Microsoft Surface
• The Surface is not a touch-
sensitive screen device…
• The Surface uses multiple
infrared cameras beneath the
screen to sense objects,
physical touch, etc.
• This information is processed
and displayed using “Rear
Projection”.
•No mouse or keyboard used.
(1) Screen Diffuser :
”Multitouch" screen. Can
process multiple inputs and
recognize objects by their
shapes or coded "domino" tags.

12. Working of Microsoft Surface
(2) Infrared: The ”Machine Vision" is
aimed at the screen. Once an
object touches the tabletop ; the
light reflects back and is picked up
by infrared cameras.
(3) CPU: Uses similar components as
current desktop computers, Core 2
Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a
256MB graphics card. Wireless
communication,WiFi and Bluetooth
antennas Operating system,
modified version of Microsoft Vista.
(4) Projector: Uses a DLP light
engine (rear-projection HDTV's).

13. Who’susing theSurfacetoday?
• Currently only commercially available and
being used in the retail, hospitality, automotive,
banking and healthcare industries.
• Current customers are AT&T, T-Mobile, the
Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
Sheraton Hotels, Disney Innovations House in
California, Hotel 1000 in Seattle, Harrah’s
Entertainment, and Starwood Hotels and
Resorts Worldwide.

14. Microsoft Surface’sFuture…
• Surface will continue to be
sold to and used by
restaurants, retail, leisure
and public entertainment
venues.
• As of March 2009, Microsoft
had 120 partners in 11 countries
that are developing applications
for Surface's interface.
•Another business that plans to
use the Microsoft Surface
computers is IGT, the gaming
technology company.

15. Microsoft SurfaceBenefits
•Large surface area to view different
windows and applications
•Multi-user
•Data manipulation – selecting
•Moving,rotating,resizing is quick and
easier
•Multitouch (max. 52 points of touch)

16. Microsoft SurfaceProblems
• $$$$$$$ Surface machines
cost between $5,000 and
$10,000.
•Not portable
•Poor accuracy as fat fingers
are not as accurate as mouse
or stylus
•Objects need to be tagged
(domino tags)

17. Commercial Success of ‘Surface’

18. Conclusion
•Microsoft surface is the future of
computers
•Fundamentally changes the way we
interacts with technology
•Surface takes existing technology and
presents it in a new way
•Its not just a touch screen but more of a
touch -grab-move-slide-resize-and-
place-objects-on-top-of-the-screen
• So it opens up new possibilities that
weren’t there before

19. THANK YOU…….