MICROSOFT SURFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS:1. What is Microsoft Surface? 2. About Microsoft Surface 3. Physical Features 4. Interface Paradigm Shift 5. Users Of Microsoft Surface 6. Controls for Making Surface 7. Structure 8. Some Uses 9. Examples 10.Architecture 11. Conclusion 12.Reference

WHAT IS MICROSOFT SURFACE?

Microsoft Surface is a : Multi Touch Product Multi User Product It is developed as Software and Hardware combination of Technology. It allows to manipulate Digital Content by the use of Gesture Recognition.

ABOUT MICROSOFT SURFACE

It is a Surface Computing Platform. Paradigm Interaction is NUI (Natural User Interface). Uses XGA DLP Projector. There are 5 Cameras in the Machine. Capable of Object Recognition. Surface responds to 52 touches at a time.

ABOUT MICROSOFT SURFACE (Contd.)

It is 22 inches high, 21 inches deep, 42 inches wide innovative product costs as much as US$ 10000. Probably in another 4-5 years, the surface becomes so common that, every house and business will have a Surface.

Physical FEATURES (Contd.)

Physical FEATURES

1.AC/Main rocker switch 2.AC power connector 3.Kick plates

INTERFACE PARADIGM SHIFT

CLI

GUI

NUI

USERS OF MICROSOFT SURFACE

Controls For Making Surface

ScatterView Multi-touch
Multi-user 360 UI Natural interactions

TagVisualizer Object recognition

Natural

interactions with physical objects

with virtual objects

struCTURE AND Working

(1) Screen
diffuse illumination
top layer works as a diffuser display is clearly visible at any angle Multi-touch technology.

(2) Infrared
an 850-nm-LED is aimed at
the screen when the surface is touched, the light reflects back and is picked up by 5 infrared cameras (similar to optical mouse, on a larger scale).

struCTURE and working (contd.)

(3) CPU
Core 2 Duo processor 2GB of RAM 256MB graphics card WiFi Bluetooth antennas.

(4) Projector
DLP (Digital Light
Processing) engine (as used in many rear projection HDTVs).

structure and working (contd.)

Surface uses the domino

tag to identify objects Similar to bar codes. Tags consist of a pattern of variously sized dots. Geometrical arrangement of the dots implies the position of the object. Surface can respond to 52 touches at a time.

SOME USES.....
For Photos and Videos : Place Digital Camera on the surface surface recognizes camera Data is transferred to the Surface automatically Data can be manipulated by the user

For Transfer of data to device : Place a mobile on the surface Take the data for transferring Slide the data towards the Device Data automatically transfers into the device

SOME USES..... (contd.)

Transformation of Hardcopy to Softcopy : Place Hardcopy of Photo to the surface Surface will automatically scan the photo Photo can be manipulated Directly

For Music Playlist : Place MP3 player on the surface Drag and Drop the songs to the Player Songs automatically downloaded to the player

Architecture

Architecture (contd.)
Windows Vista: Windows Vista provides all the administrative, security, and directory functionality of the Surface unit. Hardware: The hardware of a Microsoft Surface unit includes the cameras, projection display, and computer that is running Windows Vista. The hardware captures video of contacts on or close to the screen at a specific frame rate. Vision System: The Vision System software processes the video data that the hardware captures and converts the raw video into data that you can access through Surface SDK APIs.

Architecture (contd.)
Presentation layer: The Presentation layer integrates with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and includes a suite of Microsoft Surface-enabled controls. Surface Shell: Surface Shell is the component that manages applications, windows, orientation, and user sessions and provides other functionality. Every Microsoft Surface application must integrate with Surface Shell. Windows Integration: The integration between Microsoft Surface and the Windows operating system provides system-wide functionality on top of the Windows operating system.

advantages
Multi Touch User Interaction with Natural Gestures Object Recognition Acts as mediator between the Devices Collaborative work done

DISADVANTAGES
Expensive
Surface Cant sense pressure It is not Portable Security and Privacy

conclusion
It is good as it has various features like multi touch, multi user, object recognition, simplicity etc., which makes this more popular. In the future this surface is going to rule over the world. There are some drawbacks too on which the company is still working to correct them. Drawbacks are that it is Expensive i.e. everyone cannot afford this. It is not portable and there is no security and privacy in this System as everyone can use this System simultaneously.

REFERENCES : http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/whatissurface.as px http://www.aboutmicrosoftsurface.com/features-ofmicrosoft-surface.php http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee804755(v=surfa ce.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee692114(v=surf ace.10).aspx www.scibd.com>Research>Arts & Architecture

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Presentation given by:Prakash chander MCA 6rd Sem. 06413304410