Name of Product: Microsoft Surface™

Category: Surface computing

Product
Overview: Surface is the first commercially availablesurface computer from Microsoft Corp. It turns an ordinary tabletopinto a vibrant, interactive surface. The product provides effortlessinteraction with digital content through natural gestures, touch andphysical objects. In essence, it’s a surface that comes to life forexploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more. Soon tobe available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and publicentertainment venues, this experience will transform the way peopleshop, dine, entertain and live.
Description: Surface is a 30-inch display in atable-like form factor that’s easy for individuals or small groups tointeract with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the realworld. Surface can simultaneously recognize dozens and dozens ofmovements such as touch, gestures and actual unique objects that haveidentification tags similar to bar codes.
Surface will ship to partners with a portfolio of basicapplications, including photos, music, virtual concierge and games,that can be customized to provide their customers with uniqueexperiences.
Surface
Computing: Surface computing breaks down traditionalbarriers between people and technology, changing the way peopleinteract with all kinds of everyday content, from photos to maps tomenus. The intuitive user interface works without a traditional mouseor keyboard, allowing people to interact with content and informationby using their hands and natural movements. Users are able to accessinformation either on their own or collaboratively with their friendsand families, unlike any experience available today. Surface computingfeatures four key attributes:
· Direct interaction. Users can actually “grab”digital information with their hands and interact with content throughtouch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
· Multi-touch contact. Surface computing recognizesmany points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger as witha typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.
· Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factormakes it easy for several people to gather around surface computerstogether, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
· Object recognition. Users can place physicalobjects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses,including the transfer of digital content.
Features: Multi-touch display. The Surface display iscapable of multi-touch interaction, recognizing dozens and dozens oftouches simultaneously, including fingers, hands, gestures and objectsplaced on the surface.

Horizontal orientation. The 30-inch display in atable-sized form factor allows users to share, explore and createexperiences together, enabling a truly collaborative computingexperience.

Dimensions. Surface is 22 inches high, 21 inches deep and 42 inches wide.

Materials. The Surface tabletop is acrylic, and its interior frame is powder-coated steel.

Requirements: Standard American 110–120V power
System: The Surface custom software platform runs onWindows Vista™ and has wired Ethernet 10/100 and wireless 802.11 b/gand Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.
Availability: Beginning at the end of this year,consumers will be able to interact with Surface in hotels, restaurants,retail establishments and public entertainment venues.