Unveiled last year at the Wall Street Journal's D: All
Things Digital conference, Microsoft Surface a 30-inch display in a
table-like form factor with which users interact through touch, natural
gestures and objects placed on the surface.
Surface, which is a common effort of Microsoft Research and
Microsoft Hardware, also features the ability to recognize physical objects
that have identification tags similar to bar codes.
The Surface does not use a touch-sensitive screen. Instead,
it relies on multiple cameras beneath the table that can see when someone
touches it. It recognizes objects based on shape or by using domino-style
identification labels on the bottom of the objects.
According to a joint press statement from Microsoft and AT&T,
Microsoft Surface will be commercially available beginning April 17, in select
AT&T retail locations, including stores in New York
City, Atlanta, San
Antonio and San Francisco.
