Microsoft has released it’s vision of the future, circa 2019. This vision centers around ubiquitous touch panels on everything from credit cards to kitchen tables. Whilst futuristic and wow-worthy by today’s standards, will it become another forward looking relic, a la the House of the Future, 1950’s style?
Or check out the original article here… http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/microsoft-2019.html
Here are some of the key technologies needed to make Microsoft’s vision possible:
1. Really big, high fidelity touch panels with fast refresh rates
2. Complex 2D/3D GUIs
3. Speech to text conversion
4. Human language machine translation
5. Location / Touch aware devices
6. Universal short range, wireless communication
7. Digital paper
8. Digital displays integrated into all sorts of furniture
9. Really big “floor arrows”
10. Faded pastel colors (lightsteelblue or olivegreen, I can never decide!!?)
Overall I must say, they have made some excellent eye candy. However I am always impressed by the cleanliness and sparsity of future visions, and constantly disappointed by all the trash that surrounds me in the present.
If anyone sees Microsoft’s vision of the future kitchen, let me know. As an idea I really liked Star Trek food “replicators”, so I wonder what Microsoft has cooking in their culinary labs!?
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