Microsoft Surface

VIDEO: Sony demonstrates Atractable surface controller

At the Vision 2009 conference, in Stuttgart, Sony has shown off a multitouch surface display called the Atractable that's rather like the Microsoft Surface controller,which offers coffee table computing.

The system has been developed between Sony ISS and Atracsys,...

VIDEO: Dungeons and Dragons on Microsoft Surface

A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a Dungeons & Dragons application for Microsoft Surface. It's a little like a printed out map, but completely interactive and able to recognise items placed on top.

It can then calculate line-of-sight,...

Microsoft demos possible future of Surface

Microsoft has demoed a series of new technologies, that could easily become part of the next Microsoft Surface, at a behind-the-scenes day at its Research Lab in Cambridge.

Although Microsoft Research admits it has no control over whether or not its projects...

X-Desk Surface clone launches in the UK

What's claiming to be the first commercially available multitouch screen interactive tabletop - the X-Desk - has launched in the UK.

The "first" claim is a little off considering Microsoft's "coffee-table computer" the Surface, announced back in 2007, was launched...

Microsoft Surface to get bigger screen

Microsoft has hinted that it could make bigger screen sized versions of its interactive coffee table, the Microsoft Surface in the future.

In a candid chat with Pocket-lint at the UK launch of the £8500 device that promises to revolutionise the retail experience,...

Second-gen Surface talked up

Microsoft is working on the next-generation version of its "Surface" coffee table computer, it's been revealed.

Several developers at the US South by Southwest Festival have informed the BBC that a new model of the Surface is 2 to 3 years away.

Microsoft Surface launches in the UK

Microsoft has announced that its touchscreen "Surface" computer will now be available in 12 "select" markets in EMEA.

Previously only available in the US and Canada, the Surface is now also available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,...

VIDEO: Microsoft SecondLight

Microsoft Research has revealed its "SecondLight" technology, new touch-related tech that works in a similar way to the company's "Surface" touchscreen "coffee table" computer.

As well as supporting multitouch, SecondLight can detect gestures above the surface...

VIDEO: Megawhat hands-on with the Microsoft Surface

Ever seen a Microsoft Surface hands-on? No, not many folk in the UK have. Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles gets up close to the only unit in the country in the latest Megawhat vid. Microsoft see the Surface as the future of computing with one in every lounge in the near future....

Microsoft Surface touches down in the UK

The Microsoft Surface has hit the UK, well one has anyway, and Pocket-lint was on hand to give it a spin.

The interactive coffee table, which weighs 300lbs, is being used by London design agency Splendid to show retailers what the touchy feely device can do...

Developers to get SDK for Microsoft Surface

The software developer kit for the Surface tabletop computer will be made available to those attending Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference at the end of the month, reports CNet.

"Hear about the unique attributes of Microsoft Surface computing, dive...

VIDEO: Microsoft Sphere touch display demoed

Microsoft has shown off a new prototype - the Sphere - a touch enabled globe-shaped display, described as like the Surface's "cousin".

In the video above - which is well worth a watch - Hrvoje Benko of Microsoft Research demonstrates Sphere in action.

Microsoft Surface gets Las Vegas casino launch

Microsoft's Surface touch operated "coffee table" computer will make its debut in the entertainment world at Harrah's casino in Las Vegas.

Following the deal announced with AT&T retail stores in the States, the Microsoft Surface machines will be installed at...

Bill Gates unveils Microsoft Touch Wall

Bill Gates (when is that guy stepping down?) has demoed a vertical version of Microsoft's coffee table computer, the Surface, at the company's CEO summit.

Describing a future where cheap touchscreens will cover various surfaces in homes as well as offices,...

Microsoft Surface to get retail debut in US

Microsoft's touchscreen Surface tabletop computer will go live in American AT&T stores in a move that the software company says will "transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices".

AT&T, the US operator for the iPhone, will become the first company in...

Microsoft Surface hits production delays

CNet is reporting that Microsoft's much-lauded "Surface" multi-touch table displays are encountering delays in reaching the market.

Microsoft had apparently originally planned to ship production versions of the technology by the end of the year to businesses...

Comment: Is the Microsoft Surface the start of a Touchy Feely love affair?

Microsoft today announced with great fanfare that it would be launching a new 30-inch touch sensitive screen coffee table called the Surface, however as the news came in, I couldn't perhaps feel that I'd seen it all before.

It's not a new idea and far from...

Microsoft unveils coffee table computer

Microsoft has launched the "Surface" a touch senstitive computer that takes the shape of a table and boasts a 30-inch touchscreen.

Essentially a Vista PC in a box with an acrylic surface, it does boast innovative touch technology - with no keyboard or mouse,...