MS-Surface by Dinesh

8/6/2019 MS-Surface by Dinesh

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Dinesh Kumar

Submeet Ahi

Sonali Sablok

Gurpreet Kaur

Presented By=>


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CONTENTS

What is Microsoft surface?

History

Who using MS-Surface Today?

What is surface computing?

Features of surface computing

Structure and working

Specifications

Pros

and cons Future innovations

Conclusion


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What is Microsoft surface?

Revolutionary multitouch computer

with different look & feel.

It is a surface witha computing

platform that responds to natural

hand gestures and real world

objects.

Turns an ordinary tabletop into a

vibrant, interactive surface.

Provides effortless interaction with

digital content through naturalgestures, touchand physical objects.

Surface is a 30-inch display in a

table-like form factor thats easy for

individua

ls to intera

ct just like in th

e rea

l world


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What is Microsoft surface? (contd.)

Microsoft Surface represents a fundamental change

in the way we interact with digital content.

This uses a multi touch screen as user interface.

System composed ofahorizontal touch screen under

a coffee table-like surface, with cameras mountedbelow to detect user interaction activities.

Surface can simultaneously recognize dozens and dozens of

movements suchas touch, gestures and actual unique objects that

have identification tags similar to bar codes.

Surface computing-the technology behind.

Surface that comes to life for exploring, learning,

sharing, creating, buying and much more.


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HISTORY 2001: Microsoft researchers

Steve Bathicheand Andy

Wilsondeveloped idea of interactive

table that could understand the

manipulation of physical pieces.

2003: 1st prototype model namedT1which is based on an IKEA

table was born. Team saw the

value of the surface computer

beyond simply gaming and began

to favor those applications that

took advantage of the unique

ability of Surface to recognize

physical objects placed on the

table.

T1 Prototype


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HISTORY(contd.)

2005 :Attention turnedto its form factor- Tub

proto type was

designed.

2007:Final structure

finalised,interactive

tabletop device w

asbuilt that seamlessly

brings both the physical

and virtual worlds into one.

Tub Prototype

Microsoft surface


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Currently only commercially available and beingused 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, Harrahs Entertainment, and Starwood

Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.


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What is surface computing?

Majoradvancement that moves beyond thetraditional user interface to a more natural way of

interacting with information.

It is a natural user interface that allows people tointeract with digital content the same way they have

interacted with everyday items suchas photos,

paintbrushes and music their entire life: with their

hands, with gestures and by putting real-world

objects on the surface.

Surface computing opens up a whole new

category of products for users to interact with.


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FEATURES OF SURFACECOMPUTING

Direct interaction : Users

can actually grab digitalinformation with their

hands and interact with

content by touchand

gesture, without the use of

a mouse or keyboard.

Multi-touch contact :

Surface computing

recognizes ma

ny points ofcontact simultaneously,

not just from one finger, as

witha typical touch screen,

but up to dozens and

dozens of items at once.

DIRECT INTERACTION

MULTI TOUCH


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FEATURES(contd.)

Multi-user experience :

The horizontal form factormakes it easy for several

people to gatheraround

surface computers

together, providing

a

collaborative, face-to-face

computing experience.

Object recognition : Users

can place physical objectson the surface to trigger

different types of digital

responses, including the

transfer of digital content.

MULTI-USER

OBJECT RECOGNITION


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STRUCTUREOFMS-SURFACE


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(1)Screen : A diffuser turns the Surface's acrylic

tabletop into a large horizontal "multitouch" screen,

capable of processing multiple inputs from multipleusers. The Surface can also recognize objects by

their shapes or by reading coded "domino" tags.

(2) Infrared: Surface's "machine vision" operates inthe

near-infrared spectrum, using an 850-nanometer-

wavelength LED light source aimed at the screen.

When objects touch the tabletop, the light reflectsback and is picked up by multiple infrared cameras

witha net resolution of 1280 x 960.


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3)CPU: Surface uses many of the same components

found in everyday desktop computers a Core

2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a256MB

graphics card. Wireless communication with deviceson the surface is handled using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

antennas (future versions may incorporate RFID or

Near Field Communications). The underlying

operating system is a modified version of MicrosoftVista.

(4) Projector: Microsoft's Surface uses the same DLP

light engine found in m

any re

ar projection HDTVs.The footprint of the visible light screen, at 1024 x 768

pixels, is actually smaller than the invisible

overlapping infrared projection to allow for better

recognition at the edges of the screen.


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WORKING

Microsoft Surface uses cameras to sense objects,

hand gestures and touch. This user input is thenprocessed and displayed using rear projection.

Microsoft Surface uses this rear projection system which

displays an image onto the underside of thin diffuser.

Image processing system processes the camera images to

detect fingers, custom tags and other objects suchas paint

brushes when touching the display.

The objects recognized with this system are reported

to applications running in the computer so that they

can react to object shapes, 2D tags, movement and

touch.


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MULTI-TASKING

MULTI USER

SURFACE SECURITY


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SPECIFICATIONS DISPLAY

DISPLAY

Type: 30-inch XGA DLP

projector.

Graphics card with256 MBof memory.

Maximum resolution: 1024x 768

Maximum pressure on the display:

50 pounds/square inch/3.5 kg per cm.

INPUT

Camera-based vision

system with LED

infrared direct

illumination.

Bluetooth keyboard

and mouse (available to

administrators).


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H/W SPECIFICATIONS

COMPUTING SYSYTEM

2.13-GHz Intel Core

TM 2 Duo processor

Memory: 2 GB dual-channel DDR2

AUDIO

Output type: Stereo flat

panel built-in speakers

Output compliant

standards: Stereo

Input: None

I/OCONNECTIONS

2headphone jacks

6 USB 2.0 ports

Ethernet port (Gig

abitEthernet card [10/100/1000])

External monitor port

Bays for routing cables

On/Standby power

button


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PROS

Large surface area to view different windows and

applications. Data Manipulation - Selecting, moving, rotating and

resizing (manipulating objects on the screen is similar

to manipulating them in the manual world).

Quick and easy to use.

More Than One User Several people can orient

themselves on different sides of the surface to

interact withan application simultaneously (Max 52

points of touch). Object Recognition - Increased functionality aiding

user in speed and ease of use

Time saving by eliminating many processes.


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CONS

Not port

able

and very expensive.

Privacy - Open for many to view.

Screen Visibility - Glare, finger prints/dirt and human

interaction obscuring interface

. Poor Accuracy - Fat fingers are not as accurate as a

mouse or stylus.

Fatigue - Reaching across the table often can cause

the arms to ache.

Objects needs to be tagged (domino tags or RFIDs).


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FUTUREINNOVATIONS

Surface will continue to be sold to and used byrestaurants, retail, leisure and public entertainment

venues.

Computer scientistsh

ope to incorpora

te th

is kind oftechnology in peoples daily lives Future goals are to

surround people ith intelligent surfaces (look up recipes

on your kitchen counter or table, control TV with coffee

table, etc.

Eventually every household may have one in place of

their everyday coffee table


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CONCLUSION

Microsoft Surface is the future of computers.

Fundamentally changes the way we interact with

technology.

Surface takes existing technology and presents it in

a new way. It isn't simply a touch screen, but more

of a touch-grab-move-slide-resize-and-place-

objects-on- top-of-screen, and this opens up new

possibilities that weren't there before.


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MS-Surface by Dinesh