Posted in Surface on Apr 9th, 2009
Seems like the season for contests. Here’s a UK contest with a new twist. You’ve got to create an application for the finance industry and it must target Microsoft Surface.
Prizes totaling ~$15,000 USD
Bank branches of the future could soon have a Microsoft Surface like ours. The School of Informatics and Microsoft [...]
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Posted in Surface, WPF on Mar 14th, 2009
Are you a sushi veteran? If so it is probably hard to remember your first few trips to a sushi bar. Looking at the names, wondering what to order. Nigiri, Onigiri, Temaki. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have an expert on hand to guide you step by step through your dinner order?
Phenomblue, a [...]
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Posted in Surface, WPF on Feb 27th, 2009
What type of application would you create if your target device is a 30 inch table? Did I mention that it has a hardened top that can take some serious abuse?
Would you have considered a bean bag game?
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The clever folks at Razorfish are churning out some interesting Surface apps. Check out their video archive [...]
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Posted in Surface, WPF on Feb 26th, 2009
James Wood has been quietly hacking away on a new Surface physics engine. His job is to visualize and create proof of concept applications for Microsoft UK and this is his latest project.
A couple weeks ago James released some videos of his latest research. Take a look, what do you think? There are more videos [...]
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Posted in Surface, WPF on Feb 2nd, 2009
As many of my friends know I have been working on a new course for 2009. This week the announcements are out, and I can finally talk about my latest project. Starting in April I will be teaching a combined Microsoft Surface and Windows Presentation Framework course. I’m excited about this class, as I [...]
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