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Surface Partner Program Launched!
Great news for Microsoft partners: during WPC this week, the Surface Partner program was launched. All the Microsoft registered partners now can get access to the Microsoft Surface SDK Workstation Edition through the new QuickStart site. If you are not Read More...
Blending Physical and Virtual Reality
If you haven’t seen the video below, you have to check it out! It’s one of the coolest Surface demos I’ve seen. Adding physics engine to virtual objects really blurs the line between physical and virtual objects. It’s quite magical that you can draw a Read More...
Design Principles at Microsoft
Functioning Form is one of my favorite design blogs, last Friday author Luke Wroblewski summarized Design Principles from three Microsoft products : Windows 7, Office 2007, and Surface, which I reposted below. I’ve also included the MIX sessions that Read More...
Microsoft Surface Blog by Infusion
Last year during Explore Design conference, our friends at Infusion showcased the various Surface apps they worked on to hundreds of young minds who were interested to design. As Natural User Interface is becoming a hot topic in the Interaction Design Read More...
[Podcast] Interview with Lisa Anderson
Hope you enjoyed my podcast with Jensen. During Explore Design, I also had a chance to sit down and chat with another Microsoft design leader, Lisa Anderson. Lisa has worked in several large companies as their UX director and very passionate about designer's Read More...
Microsoft Surface as a Line of Business Platform
By now many people have seen the capabilities of Microsoft Surface.  If you haven’t, you can check it out here . While it has generated a great deal of buzz for being innovative and compelling, most of the press around it has been focused on the Read More...
Playing with Surface Demos
During MIX08, I had the chance to experience a variety of surface demo applications and record them. In the video gallery below, you can see 5 different surface usage scenarios: viewing photos, dining, concierge, painting, and water simulation. Photo Read More...
MIX08: The Day Before
Having arrived in Las Vegas for MIX08 on March 4, I found out a lot was going on already. There was a pre-conference in swing and the playground for MIX was already set up. First off, there were 2 Microsoft Surface tables set up for attendees to play Read More...
Experiencing Surface
Earlier this year I introduced you to Surface and its finally came to Toronto over the weekend! David posted the notice last week that there were three surfaces showing at Sheraton hotel. It was interesting to discover that the "surface" of the surface Read More...
Microsoft Surface - Blending Virtual and Physical Worlds
When I was doing my masters degree at UBC CS , I had the chance to expose to many innovative ways that human can interact with computers. One of the fascinating area is supporting collaborative work on table top display. There are two very cool aspects Read More...
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