Microsoft Home Test Kitchen Interactive Projector

The Microsoft Home kitchen uses projection displays to beam information and recipes right onto the surface of the countertop. The dining room tablet has games projected onto that surface, as well as step-by-step instructions for crafts. Even more advanced than Microsoft's prototype is its "Vision" video, which projects into the future (pun intended) how projector touch displays will work in five to 10 years. A girl builds a product on a touch tablet in this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0&t=4m23sBut an overhead projector extends the animation beyond the tablet and onto the table. Then she does the same thing with recipes. (Microsoft actually has a patent for this and could even ship the technology this year in the next version of its Xbox gaming system.) Her dad checks the contents of the fridge without opening the door, also with a projector touch display. The content, and even the interface, is almost irrelevant. That merely requires programmers to write software, which they will do once this technology is more widespread. It's possible with relatively inexpensive projectors and cameras to turn any household surface into a powerful, huge interactive touch display that can be conjured up or dismissed at any time. When it's gone, no tech is visible.

The convenience saved for rooms with little space

I would love this for baking and making supper as it would be just so much easiser then a cookbook or dirtying the surface of your IPad, etc.

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