1. Microsoft is unveiling a new technology called Surface Computing that lets people interact with computers using touch, hand gestures, and physical objects equipped with optical tags. Users can browse their music libraries by dragging a finger across the horizontal display or comparison-shop at an electronics store by simply plunking devices onto the screen. The screen, which has a set of cameras underneath it, can read 52 touches at a time, meaning small groups can work around it together. The computer can also recognize optical tags on an object, such as a digital camera with Wi-Fi. Then, by just placing the device on the tabletop, folks can automatically zip their pictures onto the computer, then edit them by hand on the screen.
2. It will make the hardware as well as the software and limit the initial market to showcase establishments where consumers can learn about the device.
3. The first 30-inch tabletop units will be priced between $5,000 and $10,000.
4. It will debut in November primarily through hotels and retailers. Harrah's Entertainment will be among the first, introducing Surface Computers at two Las Vegas properties, Caesars Palace and Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. T-Mobile USA plans to use the computers at its stores.
5. It will be initially targeted to commercial establishments, meeting rooms in businesses and high-end homes, you'll think of it as separate.
6. It will start off as something different and then hope to become a part of most human activities.
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