After five years of keeping the project shrouded in secrecy, Microsoft today revealed its plans for Microsoft Surface, the first product in a category the company calls “surface computing.” The technology, formerly code-named Milan, lets Microsoft turn a seemingly ordinary surface, such as a tabletop or a wall, into a computer. Introduced today at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, Microsoft Surface is a “multi-touch” tabletop computer that interacts with users through touch on multiple points on the screen.

The concept is simple: Users interact with the computer completely by touch, on a surface other than a standard screen. “It will feel like Minority Report,” promises Pete Thompson, general manager of Microsoft’s surface computing group. “Very futuristic–but it will be here this year.”

“We see it as the first of its kind in a new category of computing device. It’s very approachable for users; the learning curve should be very instinctual,” says Thompson.

Pictures: Microsoft’s Multi-Touch ‘Surface’ Table

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Sources: PC World - Neowin.net

For some reasons I feel we are catching up to those futuristic kinds of movie like “Minority Report”. On the other hand it will take a while to reach mainstream and/or your best low key restaurant.

I recommend you to watch the video… this Surface Computer is a KILLER!