i am student perseveing my BE in 8th sem i need a seminar preport on the topic surface computing iT
he name Surface comes from "surface computing," and Microsoft envisions the
coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of
wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge
the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The
table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and
(eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any
device that touches its surface.
It supports multiple touch points – Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" -- as well as
multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one
person could be doing multiple tasks.
The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All
interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen
with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smartphones, digital
cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also
recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "loyalty" cards.
For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly
transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would
let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or
between two players, using a finger – or transfer mapping information for the location of a
restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone
just before you walk out the door.
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