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  Chewy Chong 10:01 am on February 27, 2006 Permalink | Reply  

  Microsoft Research, Microsoft IP Ventures and The "Minority Report" User Interface 

   

  In my Feb MSDN Connection Evening, I talked about how Microsoft invests a whole heck lot of resources into research.  There actually is a group within Microsoft focused on research (appropriately called Microsoft Research).  Did you know that only a small, small, small portion of the output from Microsoft Research actually makes it into a Microsoft Product?  So what happens to the rest?

   

  Well… last year, a group called Microsoft IP Ventures was created to package up some of the “cream” output from Microsoft Research to be licensed out.  I was fortunate enough to meet with them during their visit to Singapore.  They had some really cool demos of what is in their catalog of IPs.  The one that knocked my socks off was the “Minority Report” UI.  I shouldn’t be calling it that as this product spurred what we saw in the movie (yup… this UI was in action before the movie came out).

   

    

   

  Check out the catalog of Microsoft IP available for commercial consumption (anyone can use this IP… even people in the Linux world can get access).

   

  Microsoft IP Ventures

  http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/ventures/

   

  More information about the cool stuff cooking at Microsoft Research can be found here.

   

  Microsoft Research Home

  http://research.microsoft.com

   

  More future “UI” goodness can be found here.

   

  Wonderful UI Researcher (Andrew D. Wilson) at Microsoft Research

  http://research.microsoft.com/%7Eawilson/

   

  Video I showed at MSDN Connection – TouchLight UI (aka the Minority Report UI)

  http://research.microsoft.com/%7Eawilson/TouchLight%20Oct%2004%20with%20narration%201.0Mbps.wmv

   

  The other video I showed at MSDN Connection – PlayAnyWhere UI
  http://research.microsoft.com/%7Eawilson/PlayAnywhere%20final%201Mbps.wmv

   

   

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  Chewy Chong 6:29 am on February 22, 2006 Permalink | Reply  

  What is Vista SideShow? 

  Kit (one of organizers of Singapore’s Dot NET User Group) posted a good question.  What is Vista SideShow?  Well Kit… this is Vista SideShow.   

       

   

  It is a secondary display (could be simple text or something graphical) on the outside of the laptop.  It can keep you informed of appointments or emails without you having to open the laptop.  It is akin to the secondary display on those clamshell phones (Nokia, Moto) that allows you to view an incoming call’s number without having to open the clamshell(think of the Moto StarTac problem if you’re old like me).

  I’m rather suprised there isn’t more press on SideShow considering how much of an impact it will make for laptop users.  Anyhow.. more interesting details and photos at the link below.

  http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=2772