Dungeons & Dragons in the future

A walk-through of the current build of our proof of concept for a Dungeons & Dragons experience on the Microsoft Surface. Created by the Surfacescapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University:

Microsoft Surface DaVinci

DaVinci is a prototype/experiment that blurs the lines between the physical and virtual world by combining object recognition, real-world physics simulation and gestural interface design on Microsoft Surface:

The future of eating out

Crave UK recently went for dinner at Inamo restaurant in London, where interactive touch-sensitive tables take your order. Each table has an overhead projector and a mouse trackpad, so your dining surface is effectively a PC monitor. You can customize your “tablecloth,” play a video game against your companion, and order a taxi to get you home.

The restaurant's founders say the concept evolved from the simple idea of 'Wouldn't it be cool if you could just hit a button and a waiter brought you another beer?'

Crayon Physics deluxe

This is sooo cool, new Crayon Physics Deluxe, on a touchscreen. Too bad the mousecursor's still showing up...:

Interactive Digital Touch Mirror

Conceptualized by Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios and Sam Ewen of Interference Inc. Designed/constructed by Alpay Kasal. This is a patent pending touch capable mirror. The interactive mirror features proximity sensors, gesturing, and both nearfield and farfield infrared:

Ball Balancing Robot

How to balance using a touchscreen and a microchip controller? Francesco Prosperi @ Retis Lab. demoes us how it can be done below, here to the Retis Lab’s homepage:

Obscura VisionAire Touch Interface

An incredible technology of the future, where it looks like the Microsoft Surface’s multitouch technology, except… you don’t touch anything.

HP Touch Maestro

The new TouchSmart PC from HP looks awesome! Check out what it can do in this new commercial:

New Technology

Check out this amazing new technology directly from Microsoft.
I guess I'd like to have a few of those tables!