Last week Microsoft premiered a vision of the future titled “2019”, and it’s pretty cool.
Not surprisingly surface computing plays a big role — but doesn’t it always in these future stories? It’s typically pretty easy to find flaws in the interaction design of these explorations, but that’s not the point. They provide great inspiration to get the gears fired up and the imagination cooking.
There’s a longer version of the video and some screen shots of the interfaces here — the commenters on this site are a bit skeptical of Microsoft’s ability to deliver on this future.
I am just wondering of they seem to be so good at predicting the future yet always under deliver…
… there seems to be a serious communications breakdown somewhere between innovation and realization…
Let’s cut them a little slack. They delivered Surface - so hey, there’s a shred of proof that good ideas can ... um, surface.