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Microsoft demos transparent, touchless interface
electronista.com - 19 days ago
Microsoft demos transparent, touchless interface
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Microsoft chief research officer Craig Mundie as part of his college tour this week demonstrated a unique concept for a future computing interface that would in many cases go without any touch input. Although it would support pens for precise input, the transparent glass display would also ...
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techflash.com - 22 days ago
Exclusive: More Microsoft layoffs
— techflash.com — We're hearing from unofficial but reliable sources tonight that Microsoft is poised to make additional job cuts... this week, with the affected employees expected to be notified as early as Wednesday morning. This latest round of layoffs is expected to ... (more) Exclusive: More Microsoft layoffs

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istartedsomething.com - 20 days ago
Microsoft College Tour 09: mindblowing natural user interface concept demos from Microsoft Research
— istartedsomething.com — Jamie Thomson said: It looks fantastic but is anyone else a little bit fed up with seeing... "concepts" from Mundie's team(... AlSki said: Hehe. Does being a Linux installer, make you a "Windows" cleaner?... @ThomMck said: That shot in the second video, ... (more) Microsoft College Tour 09: mindblowing natural user ...
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Microsoft Research demo prototype glass screen PC with gesture and eye-tracking control
slashgear.com - 20 days ago
Microsoft Research demo prototype glass screen PC with gesture and eye-tracking control
— slashgear.com — Say what you like about Microsoft, but their Research arm certainly know how to put together an... eye-catching demo. Chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie has been doing a tour of US colleges showing off a prototype next-gen computer – among other things – that has a ... (more) Microsoft Research demo prototype glass screen PC with ...

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Microsoft developing a transparent, touchless interface
PCLaunches.com — ... touch input. If it doesn't require any physical touch input then how would it recognize inputs? Well, the technology enables display to recognize voices and touchless gestures. The system will also be able detect eyes and navigate based on their gaze. In a way it would be pretty much like the upcoming Xbox 360 Project Natal. [via Electronista]

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