Yesterday, I got to sit in while members of Microsoft’s Surface™ team showed my CEO, Gerry Laybourne, a working demo.
I’m a convert. The interface relies on organic human gesture and, more importantly, encourages eye contact and collaboration. Truly beautiful. And the simpler they make it the more emotional and purposeful it will be.
I realize there are similar systems out there but Microsoft’s hardware implementation is novel and potentially more powerful than other multi-touch displays.
Watching Gerry interact with the surface team, I was reminded why she is such a force for invention and creativity. She has an expert’s blink response to new ideas. Her feedback was immediate and unexpected in the best sense. As a Surface™ team member said, “it feels like we’re learning more from you than you are from us.”
camera cuts to scene 42, the Ript team is getting used to its new digs on the Microsoft campus 🙂
I just took a look at Ript and left a message for the team. It looks like something I did for a class project earlier this year. I jst downloaded the application.
Thanks Lynn. I’ll be sure to check out your feedback. We’re very interested in building bridges with the larger development community. Particularly with people exploring similar approaches to user experience.