This past week at the Microsoft Internet Expo (MIX) I had a chance to play around with the Surface product, their multi-touch display/input device.
There isn't much new to add, but I can say that the product works as advertised. I didn't have any problem manipulating the objects on the screen.
Using silverlight 2 and expression, the development for this device will be great. Now that the Silverlight 2 beta is out, I would recommend grabbing a copy. It is going to be very nice to be able to develop web apps, windows apps, surface apps and mobile apps through the same/similar code base.
Here are some videos I took showing the device in action.
Pictures The standard demonstration of image manipulation through touch. Includes the WiFi image transfer from a camera.
Snowboard Creator This one hasn't been shown much. Imagine customizing a snowboard through an easy-to-use surface app that allows you to take your creation with you for later purchase. Not bad, very close to the t-mobile app.
Music Sharing This was shown earlier as well, this is basically a fancy juke-box and a way to share media between WiFi enabled media devices. Also includes clip of the 'water on rocks' app and the app selection interface.
Paint Another generica application. Nothing new here either, but a satisfactory proof of concept.
