Surface is a multi-touch computer by Microsoft Corporation which has a flat screen that is capable of reading more than one gesture of the hand. The device comes in the shape of a table and will be launched in the UK next week. This multi-touch solution is similar to the one the new generation of notebooks have in their touchpad. However, Microsoft’s Surface can even read content from a printed material that is placed on the big screen thanks to its five cameras hiding inside the machine.
During a festival called South by Southwest Festival there were rumours that the second generation of the MS device would be launched in 2-3 years’ time. A company called Phenomblue that makes applications for the Surface was told that the second generation was still in the development stage. So it seems these were not rumours, after all.
Current development codename for Surface 2.0 is Second Light, which is to have a second projector inside in order to project images just above the surface of the screen. Also they plan to install infrared sensors so that the device can interpret gestures even before one’s hand touches the screen. The director of Clarity Consulting, another company producing applications for Surface, expects Second Light to have High-Definition cameras installed, as well.
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