Microsoft Surface - ok, I want to make games for this BAD

#1 OMFG The possibilities for this and arcade game alone is just freakin staggering, could you imagine a space sim game on that thing, *drools uncontrollibly .....

I too so badly want to make a game for this.

#2 Yeah... any space games would be so cool.

#3 Insane, another movie of it here www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html

#4 This was on AOTS last night. I think they will be will be doing a more in-depth look at it soon. Very cool stuff.

#5 It would suck for an FPS... but an RTS would be cool with it.

Shame they cost between $5,000 and $10,000

#6 Reminds me of Minority Report

#7 I was chatting to justin about this the other day and even boring old school games like chess would be cool as you could have a ton of em and easily switch between them, board games, you name it.

I however am going to write a virus that places coffee stains or animated spills underneath that tracks when someone tries to wipe it (through the touch interface) then plays hysterical laughing sounds...

#8 There's something similar, though not as bleeding edge tech, at the Walker Art Center where you can pick up people and have them tell you information about various topics. Or just throw them around the screen. Pretty fun stuff.

#9 Awesome device. At $5,000 though, I think I'd rather get a monitor with 3D display.

#10 Iswear I saw this exact same thing on the jetsons a few years back!

#11 The thing about that is, for business and media its awesome.

Now I know where microsoft are heading with WPF and Silverlight, I was wondering what the flashy movie on the MS Silverlight site was about... I thought it was just some overhyped flash killer, but no, they have bigger tricks up their sleeves!

#12 This is one of the sources that Spielberg researched for minority report actually. Everything they did was based on actual tech being developed.

Of course the first ones will be expensive and mostly commerical for now, just wait in a couple years, in your home alone, the bathroom mirror, coffee table, kitchen cabinet all with have the ability to do the same thing. the potential is amazing for this kind of thing.

#13 Build your own lowtek version:

http://tinker.it/now/2007/02/28/multitouch-table-experiment/

No object recognition out of the box, but it could be a fun playground.

#14 This is going to be huge with the Sims games. I'd be really interested to see what other industries can do with it. Like medical and education.

Imagine painting geometry with your hands and not just a mouse or pen. But with your fingers. Now we are talking. Damn. I might be able to really do something with 3d art if it gets more and more hands on like scupting and painting.

#15 If you want to know what an it would be like to play an rts on it then check this out...

media.gear.ign.com/articles/698/698241/vids_1.html

some of you MAY have heard of the game they demo. ;-)

#16 Looks pretty cool, though I'm sure it'll be very hard for "pros" to play with that, its just so much slower then the mouse and hotkeys :P

#17 Starcraft 2 + MS Surface = Sweet!!!

#18 Yeah but at least you can grab your opponent's hand to stop him from selecting his units, wrestle him into submission while dragging your knee across his units smearing em all over the place ;p

#19 @ Neo
Good point, hadn't considered that :P

#20 @Shiraz

That's cool. It looks like a giant pen tablet with the game projected down onto it.