Article Source: Microsoft SecondLight Makes 'Surface' Magic (PC Magazine) by PC Magazine: Yahoo! Tech
Microsoft SecondLight Makes 'Surface' Magic (PC Magazine)
Take Microsoft Surface, sprinkle it with fairy dust, and you might have something close to Microsoft's SecondLight, a new technology in the works from Microsoft Research.
The experimental SecondLight technology adds a second dimension to Surface, allowing users to slide "magic lenses" over the display to provide a second surface that can be linked to the first. In one example, Microsoft researchers projected a picture of a car on the Surface display. But add separate, portable pieces of glass that can be moved across the display, and presto! the glasses are transformed into "X-ray specs" allowing a wireframe model to be viewed.
It's all sleight of hand, of course. But if history is any guide, SecondLight will eventually be part of future Surface displays.
Thought this was cool. More at the link above.
Gary
Microsoft SecondLight Makes 'Surface' Magic (PC Magazine)
Take Microsoft Surface, sprinkle it with fairy dust, and you might have something close to Microsoft's SecondLight, a new technology in the works from Microsoft Research.
The experimental SecondLight technology adds a second dimension to Surface, allowing users to slide "magic lenses" over the display to provide a second surface that can be linked to the first. In one example, Microsoft researchers projected a picture of a car on the Surface display. But add separate, portable pieces of glass that can be moved across the display, and presto! the glasses are transformed into "X-ray specs" allowing a wireframe model to be viewed.
It's all sleight of hand, of course. But if history is any guide, SecondLight will eventually be part of future Surface displays.
Thought this was cool. More at the link above.
Gary
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell XPS420
- OS
- Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
- CPU
- Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40 gigahertz
- Memory
- Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
- Sound Card
- Creative SB X-Fi audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w2207 + HPvs15
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050 + 1024x768
- Hard Drives
- 2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
WD5000AAV-500 GB external
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Comfort Curve
- Mouse
- MX Revolution
- Other Info
- Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
Experience Index=5.5
