You know the downside of the Microsoft Surface table? It's giant, heavy and expensive. Wouldn't the average consumer be more apt to get excited about a smaller, lightweight, portable version?
Microsoft researchers are working on just that. It's called Mobile Surface, and it's a hand-held device with a camera-projector system. It projects a screen you can interact with onto any surface.
From the project's Microsoft Research page:
It is a novel interaction system for mobile computing. Our goal is to bring Microsoft Surface experience to mobile scenarios, and more importantly, to enable 3D interaction with mobile devices. We do research on how to transform any surface (e.g., a coffee table or a piece of paper) to Mobile Surface with a mobile device and a camera-projector system. Besides this, our work also includes how to get 3D object model in real-time, augmented reality and multiple-layer 3D information presentation.
Microsoft ostensibly is showing this off at TechFest 2010, which officially starts Tuesday. The main components are similar to the Bonfire system that Intel Labs Seattle researchers showed off in September.
Via ZDNet
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