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Microsoft Surface Touch Table

Microsoft Surface is a revolutionary multi-touch computer that responds to natural hand gestures and real-world objects, helping people interact with digital content in a simple and intuitive way. With a large, horizontal user interface, Surface offers a unique gathering place where multiple users can collaboratively and simultaneously interact with data and each other.

Note: To use this table with GestureWorks while running Vista, you will need a TUIO to Surface bridge, available on the TUIO site. We haven’t tested this in-house and cannot guarantee that it will work.

Information and Specifications

Device Type:

The Microsoft Surface is a multitouch table.

Operating System:

Windows Vista or Windows 7

Basic Specifications: full specs on manufacturer site

2.13-GHz Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor
Memory: 2 GB dual-channel DDR2
Storage: Minimum 250 GB SATA hard-disk drive
30-inch XGA DLP® projector
Maximum resolution: 1024 x 768

Reviews and Videos

A day on the Surface: a hands-on look at Microsoft's new computing platform

By Jeremy Reimer on October 1, 2007 read on Ars Technica

It's not often that one gets a chance to attend a demonstration of a new method of human-computer interaction. Having been too young to witness the development of the command line in the 1950s or the modern graphical user interface at Xerox PARC in the 1970s, it was a genuine thrill to visit Microsoft's campus for a personal demo of "surface computing." While future computer historians are unlikely to view this technology as being anywhere near as groundbreaking as the CLI or GUI, the multi-touch interface nonetheless serves as an innovative way of interacting with the personal computer . . . more

Hands on: Microsoft Surface review

By Mark Harris on August 14, 2008 read on Tech Radar

We're not sure we can wait that long. With its sharp, full-sized screen, decent build quality and seamless touch-friendly graphics, Surface feels more like a super-sized iPhone than a PC in a box. Forget fake 'Mojave' adverts and 'cranking up the wow', if Microsoft wants to change opinions of its operating system, it could do a lot worse than pop a Windows sticker on one of Surface's glossy flanks. That's right, this beauty is running on – whisper it – Vista . . . more