Hey, want to know what the future looks like? Okay, how about what Microsoft thinks the future will look like? If you're still reading, Stephen Elop, Microsoft's Business Division President, recently presented that vision as part of this year's
TechFest. In an embedded video below you can get a glimpse, which includes plenty of augmented reality, a personal identification device that could (finally) replace your wallet, and naturally lots and lots of
Surface action -- extending from tables to walls and beyond. Some of these conceptual clips are old, but overall it looks like something of a computing utopia to us, and according to Elop these are all representative of currently active projects. But, with the company
shedding employees and surely focusing on tangible revenue
right now, we're wondering how long they'll stay that way.
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posted March 2nd 2009 9:44AM
That's a very genuine Microsoft "Windows"
The technology exist today though somehow I'm not impressed by Microsoft take on the future. Where's the hover car? =D
But does it blend?
The future is mobile and portable, not nailed to the wall.
MS continues to be a failboat.
"""The future is mobile and portable, not nailed to the wall.
MS continues to be a failboat."""
There were plenty of mobile devices in the video...
What are you talking about, half of the devices they showed where portable. The only things that weren't are the things that make sense to have nailed down; the classroom "blackboard", office desk, home TV or the hospital screen.
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Watch the clip before comment please.
@ Gibson ...
What kind of job do you have where you can live on just a mobile device? Some of us do need a lot of space to work on process flows and design documentation. And why strain your eyes at a 4" screen when you can have an entire wall to use?
What a cool future... If only Windows worked as advertised!!!
Here's to hoping that 7 is all what's supposed to be but somehow cheaper than Vista!
Why do you need chalkboards/presentation boards if you have touchscreen desks that can display your own personal copy of what the teacher is going over? The kids could even put their answers on their screen which the teacher could see and shift the class to learn why the answer is the way it is if most of the class is having a hard time with it.
windows always works as advertised. oh and you wont be dissapointed with 7, its a good advancement.
its just those people who interpret ad's wrongly, and on top of that cant figure out how to do something with thier computer.
talking about ads, dont you love the photo gallery ad where the little girl goes like "I'm 4 and a half and I'm a PC"
and ps. if microsoft can do even the smallest bit in making this future a reality,
I for one, open heartedly welcome our new coroporate overlords
Life without walls?
because in teh future, ur walls will be made of glass computers....
no - thsi was actually sick sweet. I'd say this could hit buisnesses/ upperlevel communities by like 2024.
Needs moar touch
needs moar pooper
This video is a lot better than some of the other videos Microsoft has released. Case in point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPv8PPl7ANU
lmao...
P.A.C Man I know you are an idiot but that was a funny video. I guess the make them on purpose to sound stupid and look stupid...
Damn, that music is really tight. In my near future, I would like to know where I could get it and more.
In the future you will find that tune when you access your Mac computer and sing it the song to iTunes.
I'm liking the music too!
You can already find out the song just by using the shazam app on your iPhone.
Ziad, I do not have a iphone (Verizon customer) so that doesn't really help now does it.
You are in luck!
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/05/23/verizon-launches-vcast-song-id/
Yeah and we are saw Minority Report too. Good job seeing that movie Microsoft.
Other than the drawing board everything appeared to be controlled by tablets and direct input on devices.
So what?? You sayin' you don't want this? If not, STFU
Rent the movie and listen to the directors commentary. Spielberg mentions Microsoft and the researcher that consulted wiht themduring the first pre-cog scene.
I just kept watching out for Anne Lively, she never came
that would be pretty cool
I like the way they show everything connected. That view they showed where it displays exactly where a person is in their home was more google, but still funny.
Looks like some cool tech though.
Why does Engadget constantly feel the need to bash Microsoft. This story could have easily been reported without digs such as
"Okay, how about what Microsoft thinks the future will look like? If you're still reading,...". I like this site a lot but all the fanboyish behavior has really got to stop. The video is very cool, and I'm sure if Apple produced it there would have been a completely different summary.
Blog ≠ professional, unbiased news
Therefore: Opinions and digs are allowed.
Humour is optional, that goes for the comment fish market.
if you don't think that video was cool or at the very least interesting, you're a liar...i really don't understand why Tim Stevens wrote about it so negatively, if the future turns out like this it'd be incredible.
I'm not sure you can call the article "Microsoft bashing". Seems pretty on-point to me. Not everyone wants to know what Microsoft thinks the future will look like since it no doubt involves their products heavily (accept this as fact and move on). Equally, find me a company today that isn't focused on projects that deliver revenue quickly - this is just an economic fact of life that is making my own job more difficult than it used to be (i.e. chasing funding). Crickey, the article praises some of the concepts shown...
People need to develop some thicker skin around here.
What I really want to see is apple's version of the future.
Brushed aluminum everything, very expensive, everything is preceded by the letter 'i' and typeset in some cool Web 2.0 font.
Yeah, that's innovation.
My respect for apple would more than triple if they dropped the 'i' before their products.
So we'd have the Apple Mac -- that works, sort of.
But the Apple Pod? What the heck is that?! I'm envisioning a sort of James-and-the-Giant-Peach contraption...
I hardly noticed any Microsoft bashing. He explained the video exactly how it is; conceptual, non-beneficial crap that we've seen in thousands of college portfolios before.
The difference is MS renders it and doesn't ship it; AAPL doesn't talk about it‚ then drops it on people. Personally‚ I'd prefer the latter.
microsoft has shipped a lot of things in the past.
seriously, all of us here know, that if it wasn't for microsoft all of us would be being screwd over much worse by apple. if apple had the monopoly instead of microsoft... computers wouldn't be in every household right now. and neither would they be so innovative or ever changing. im not saying that apple isnt an innovative company. im just saying that in fields where it doenst need to,
it will not innovate. the ipod before the iTouch was proof of this.
seriously, i think before engadget stops.. all the commenters have to stop icrosoft bashing.
especially because most of them are doing it from a microsoft operating system anyways.
"I have seen our future, and all I can say is....go back."
Everyone knows nobody will wear "shirts" in the future. Nice try, MS...come again when you get your model outfitted in proper future attire.
"If you're still reading?'
I can imagine this iTart thumping that away on his rinky dinky iKeyboard straining his lil brain trying to be funny. Techfest was great but you guys wouldn't know anything about that. Instead we have to get what really is cool clip filtered through some Engadget writer who's tech education begins and ends at the Apple store.
Actually, the author of this post doesn't own a single Apple product.
Kay, stop complaining and leave. Every view helps drive revenue and therefore they'll do more of this stuff in the future, possibly with even more digs. Woohoo.
Seriously, did someone kick your dog or something? Or were you just born without a humour?
exactly
that exactly was in support of neha
I love the idea of projecting a layer of virtual reality of every available physical surface.
Reminds me of the anime "Dennou Coil", except without the VR glasses.
But then who would want to wear VR glasses all the time... but then again I wear regular glasses all the time.
Or maybe with Surface, we can do away with the glasses part anyway.
I know what you mean. Dennou Coil was awesome.
Though I don't really like the idea of my boss catching what pr0n Im watching at work.
:P
Or what about posting your companies most secure documents on the glass wall so anyone with a telescope can see your business plan.