News - Microsoft's SurroundWeb displays web content everywhere

[HEXUS]

Describes system as a "3D Browser" which will provide "immersive room experiences".

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[krazy_olie]

looks horrific!

[RT-XD]

looks horrific!

It looks like it has some potential, but I agree. This looks...ugh...

[slipthemonkey]

I think the first picture is misleading as it won't have all those highlighted lines around them, as the later pictures show. I like it and this is the kind of innovative thinking that we need.

[kellyharding]

Who needs to buy a TV again with this, could be interesting if it ever comes to market.

[devBunny]

That tabletop display one isn't going to be much good if the projector is overhead. If only Microsoft had something that could display images from below. I bet that would sell like hot cakes! :-D

[crossy]

That tabletop display one isn't going to be much good if the projector is overhead. If only Microsoft had something that could display images from below. I bet that would sell like hot cakes! :-D

You mean something like:

Image came from "Is 'Hawaii 5-0' one long Microsoft commercial?".

According to the reports I've seen, if you watch Five-O then you'll see this in use. Apparently it's $15,000 worth of something called Microsoft Surface - not to be confused with the tablets of the same name. I love the way that they're able to "throw" images from the "table" to the (TV?) screen. Would be neat if you can do something similar with SurroundWeb.

EDIT: Found this video on YouTube, (skip the first 90 seconds - it's just chat). I used a Google search for "microsoft surface table -tablet ", (if you don't exclude "tablet" then you'll get pages and pages of unrelated stuff) and got a load of useful hits. Yes, I know I should have used Bing, but life's too short.

[devBunny]

@crossy: That's the one. I've seen it on a couple of TV shows. I was being faux naive and ironic but trying not to give that away. ;-) ... $15,000. Yes, the Surface is so expensive that they can only sell fictional versions to police, forensic and intelligence service departments that have an unlimited budget for toys. ;o)

I guess Microsoft must have given up on it given how by adding a 't' to the table (so, confusingly, they've got the same name) they've made it instantly 1/40th of the price, weight and impressiveness.

Thanks for sourcing the image. Good choice. Shame about there being too much towel. :-D