Microsoft unveiled a new computer model

Yesterday (May 30), Microsoft unveiled its first coffee tablet-shaped computer with touch and identification functions for bar codes specifically attached to items. day.

Expected in November, Microsoft's new computer model (codenamed "Surface", or "Milan") will be sold at T-Mobile stores in the US. Surface is installed with Windows Vista and equipped with a 30-inch touch screen in a glossy black table.

Under the computer screen, five cameras are capable of sensing close objects. Users can communicate with the machine by touching or pulling the fingertip, or through indirect objects such as pen brushes. It can also read special bar code-attached items.

Unlike most other touch screens, Surface also offers more than one touch control. Specifically in the performance last weekend, Mark Bolger, marketing director of Surface Computing, used a finger to draw a smiley face on the screen and then used 10 fingers at the same time to draw hair for this face.

Surface will be sold at prices ranging from $ 5,000 to $ 10,000.

Mark Bolger, marketing director of Surface Computing, is presenting a Surface computer in San Francisco. This tabletop-shaped computer is built entirely by Microsoft, both hardware and software; Touch control and no mouse and keyboard required.

To draw a picture, users just need to use a pen brush or draw a finger on the screen.

The Surface can be installed in hotel halls, restaurants, casinos ., and users can order food or drinks by touching the computer surface.

Surface can act as a public music mailbox upon request. Users can add their own music selection and share it with everyone. 5 infrared cameras are attached to the computer to feel the movement of fingers and other objects touching the surface, while the DLP screen is turned on to create images that users see.

Can store and share photos easily with this tablet PC. To enlarge / reduce the image size, users just need to use two fingers to pull the two sides, or turn the finger to change the direction of the image. Computers allow multiple users to interact at the same time.

It took Microsoft five years to complete Surface with a selling price of up to $ 10,000.

A Surface demo application allows users to find their way and locations on demand.

Surface touch screen can show all virtual effects.