CES 2011
CES 2011: Surface 2.0 makes appearance at CES
AshMan says…
At the special Microsoft Press Conference held before CES, one of the things shown off to the crowd was Surface 2.0.
In case you don’t know what Surface is, just think of a big touch screen sitting in your coffee table. It can handle hundred of touch points, recognise fingers as well as being able to interact with objects which you place on the screen.
Surface 2.0 is an evolution of that, featuring a new pixel sense technology which enables it to not just identify finger tips but your entire hand. You are also able to scan items into the software, by simply sitting the item on the screen. The hardware has been developed with Samsung and features a AMD CPU/GPU combo. It is physically a lot smaller, with the unit only being 4 inches thick.
Today, when Microsoft showed off it’s new “Surface 2.0″ device, it was a mountable interactive LCD screen, with the “largest piece of gorilla glass in any device” according to CrunchGear, who say that “You can drop a beer bottle on this this from 18 inches without making so much as a dent.” Every pixel in the new Surface device is a sensor, using a technology called “Pixel Sense” which allows the device to “see” things, though Microsoft isn’t letting on how that works yet.
With the original Surface unit priced at $25,000, it was unreachable to most however Microsoft have said that Surface 2.0 will be cheaper…
CES 2011: ‘Avatar Kinect’ leaked before Microsoft Keynote
AshMan says…
Well here is some new news about some shots being snapped backstage at what seems to be a rehearsal. I mean hey, even the pros have to practise to deliver an awesome keynote right?
What ‘Avatar Kinect’ appears to be is a social hub for people to watch movies and tv (such as Foxtel) as well as possibly listen to music and play games all within this social hub.
This ofcourse is nothing confirmed, but we can be pretty safe to assume some of those things happening.
See below for the images taken by Glimpse Dog.
Avatar Kinect
Avatar Kinect
CES 2011 is almost here!
AshMan says…
With CES 2011 around the corner, we are all eager to see what tech is going to be announced, shown off and demo’d by the companies which are there and trying to get our attention.
I will be doing my best to bring you what I think have been the standout tech at CES 2011 right here at AshMan says, so make sure you check back here once it kicks off in the states on the 5th of Jan!
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