Microsoft SurfaceTM

Chris Goff16/06/09

Touch interactivity is all around us

Control Panels Point of sale Sat Nav

Gaming Phone

Interactivity in education

SMART Boards Interactive Overlay

Interactive Tables

•Enrich lessons

•Collaborative learning

•Annotation in electronic ink

•Mostly single touch

How is Surface different?

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Command Line Interface

Graphical User Interface

Natural User Interface

Microsoft Surface and NUI

Microsoft Surface computing uses sensing and display technology to infuse everyday

surfaces with digital content and is comprised of the following unique attributes:

Object recognition

Multi-userDirect 360o interaction

Multi-touch

How Surface is being used today

AutomotiveFinancial Services

HealthcareLeisureRetail

Education

Introducing Finguistics

Collaborative wordplay game• English, Spanish, French,

Maths• KS1 to KS3• Only possible on Surface

When can you buy Surface?

• Microsoft still in seeding phase• General release end 2009• Price – TBC• Limited software available – paint, music, photo• More titles available after seeding phase as

developers release apps.

Thank you for listening

3D Projection Overview

Martin Parry – Product Division Mgr

3D Background

3 Types of 3D:

– Anaglyph

– Polarised

– Stereoscopic

Anaglyph 3D

• Uses different colour filters to produce two images within one picture.

• Can be Red/Blue, Red/Green, or Red/Cyan• Pros: Cheap glasses, content is easy to create,

technology has been around for decades.• Cons: Quality is poor when compared to other

technologies

Polarised 3D (current technology)

• Image separation achieved by polarizing the light differently. Glasses filter the light so that each eye perceives the different image. Special screen must be used to preserve light polarization (aka “Silver Screen”).

• Pros: Passive glasses are relatively inexpensive• Cons: High set-up cost, projectors must be perfectly aligned with one another, special projection screen needed

FRAME 2,RIGHT EYE FRAME,

OrPLAYER 2 FRAME

FRAME 1.LEFT EYE FRAME,

OrPLAYER 1 FRAME

Glasses

Polarized

Polarizers

Stereoscopic 3D using DLP technology

• Image is generated in a frame sequential format (alternating left & right frames)• Shutter glasses are synchronized with the image and turn on/off with each frame of data• Pros: Image quality is better, hardware cost is less than polarized option• Cons: Glasses cost is higher than passive, limited content at the moment

Off the shelfGlasses

Off the shelfEmitter

Standard VESA3 D Connector

Input = 120 Hz Normal, 3D , or

Dual View Format

FRAME 2,RIGHT EYE FRAME,

OrPLAYER 2 FRAME

FRAME 1.LEFT EYE FRAME,

OrPLAYER 1 FRAME

IR Pulse Train

Frame A Frame BFrame A Frame B

3D Uses in Education?Appreciate the Arts…

Virtual tour the pyramids…

Dissect a frog…

Visualize molecules…

Get a close look at the Sciences

Simplify geometry…