Comments on: Move over Ikea, here comes the Microsoft Surface Table

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:11:18 +0000

Reminds me of the second-generation Space-Invaders-type table-top games I saw in pubs in the early 1980s.

By: OC Guy

OC Guy — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:25:25 +0000

Technology just gets more amazing every day. This looks like a lot of fun. In about 20 years I might be able to afford one, when the price drops

By: Casey Miller

Casey Miller — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:45:48 +0000

Wouldn’t it be so funny if you try to watch something on this thing and people’s drool just drops all over it? lol

I think this is one capricious gadget. There is a point where an invention is no longer serving a NEED. This one, I suppose, is trying to invent a NEED. Maybe I’m just not much of a gameboard person in the first place.

If this thing costs less than my laptop, I’d buy this. The price has to come down to a level where people won’t roll their eyes on it… well, except kids. Kids love this stuff.

By: interactive guy

interactive guy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:48:52 +0000

There is an interactive table already out there that is bigger and cooler than this. There is a company in Sydney called Vizi New Media who have already installed one at the Power House Museum. In fact, where the microsoft one is just a touch screen, the Vizi on you point at it. They also offer a mulit point vertical version. This company is so far aheead of the game, that they have another interactive solution that is driven by your eyes.

By: kristi

kristi — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:39 +0000

The table features in the movie, “The Day the earth stood still”. Not sure if it can yet do the cool things portrayed in the movie though…..

By: Andrea di Botticelli

Andrea di Botticelli — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:22:20 +0000

What a fantastic new idea from Microsoft. Let’s just assume that the price will come down over time (eventually it will – remember when bulky mobile phones were $1,000+?) and we will all have a surface table in our homes. Here are a couple of additional ideas what people could do with it:
- Having Casino nights with friends playing Roulette, Black Jack etc.
- Putting together Jigsaw puzzles from their own photos
- Playing table soccer and pool billiard – solving the control issue for these games will be an interesting challenge for the software developers!
- Going on an around the world trip – there is a big world map and people can select countries/cities/locations they want to learn more about which will then be introduced with pictures, movies etc.
- Being a hip hop DJ standing a full sized turn tables and doing the good old scratching thing
- Creating songs with a “music machine” (virtual keyboard, drums and editing screens)
I am sure there are many more once you get started!

By: SoulSolutions

SoulSolutions — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:00:34 +0000

Unfortunatly with the change in the US dollar its closer to double that price tag now.
If you have a group try to play the ghosts game (if it is installed), you have to collaborate to untangle the ghosts whiel stopping them from floating away.
Getting these into Museums is a no brainer.