Microsoft R&D Burns $65 Million In Three Months On Something Unknown

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Untamoi said:

I think that technology is meant to be used in seminars and briefings and similar events. For example when 15 people are around the table planning something. In that case, your examples don't do anything similar. It is not meant for regular users.

Heck, most money for Microsoft comes from businesses, not from regular users. Home PC's (including every software by MS) and consoles are only a small part of their revenue.

Yes this is true.

It does seem much more likely to be in a board room.

However, I don't see how it's better than current tech. Picture a board room with interactive whiteboards (projector video on an surface with interactive IR), and one using that tech.

I see everyone has a screen in front of them and tehy take turns giving their idea. For the MS one, you pick up your video, throw it at a wall and there it is. Someone wants to see a copy of your video, you slide it to them on the table.

How is that any different, or better, than simply having an interactive button that puts it on the wall or puts it where it's supposed to go? It's like, they went out of their way to make the tech look more like minority report.