<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0680e6a3-91ae-46d3-8d17-0c28f0f67795/6FEB65C0-3D88-44F4-8728-064041FDEAC4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/" href="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.switched.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/"><H2 class="posttitle"><SPAN id="ppt1269636">Microsoft Multi-Touch 'Sphere' Surfaces in Redmond</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/"><P class="byline">by <STRONG><A href="http://www.switched.com/bloggers/thomas-ricker/" linkindex="38">Thomas Ricker</A></STRONG>, posted Jul 29th 2008 at 6:09PM</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.switched.com/img/C161FB5B-4B03-4FA5-91AC-75BD4DF0B478" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/"><DIV> <SPAN> </SPAN> There it is, right on cue <A href="http://www.switched.com/tag/microsoft" target="_blank" linkindex="39">Microsoft</A>'s <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/surface" linkindex="40">Surface</A> has gone <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/25/microsoft-seemingly-ready-to-demonstrate-spherical-surface/" linkindex="41">spherical</A> over at Microsoft Research. <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/06/microsoft-surface-going-spherical/" linkindex="42">Rumored since March</A>, the prototype relies upon an infrared system to detect hands, fingers, and objects as well as an internal (not external like Surface) projection system developed by Global Imagination (and customized by Microsoft) to deliver its multi-touch UI. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/07/29/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-surfaces-in-redmond/">At the moment, Microsoft is demonstrating photo manipulation, a spinning globe, 360-degree video, and a simple Pong-like game, the latter giving us a taste of <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/14/video-susivaders-makes-us-long-for-microsofts-spherical-surfac/" linkindex="43" set="yes">future gaming possibilities</A>. Sphere is expected to make its first public appearance Tuesday at Microsoft's Faculty Summit in Redmond. Ultimately, it will appear in public spaces like lobbies as part of a larger ecosystem of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.switched.com/tag/surface" linkindex="44">Surface</A> gear. The prototype UI looks a bit jumpy compared to its tabletop cousin -- hit the read link to see the video for yourself. [Source: <A href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/144629.asp" target="_blank" linkindex="45" set="yes">seattlepi</A>]</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6FEB65C0-3D88-44F4-8728-064041FDEAC4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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