About Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface is an innovative computing platform that responds to touch, natural hand gestures and real-world objects placed on the display, providing effortless interaction with information and digital content in a simple and intuitive way. With a large, 360-degree, horizontal user interface, Surface offers a unique gathering place where multiple users can collaboratively and simultaneously interact with content and each other. In addition, Surface provides businesses with unique value in delivering information and services in a more friendly way allowing better engagement with their customers. Microsoft Surface is targeted for companies across a variety of industries including retail, hospitality, health care, and public sector.

Key Attributes:

Microsoft Surface is a major advancement in computing that moves beyond the traditional user interface to a more natural way of interacting with information. The four key attributes that make Surface unique are:

• Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
• Massive multi-touch contact. Microsoft Surface recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once.
• Direct interaction. Users can actually “grab” digital information with their hands and interact with content through touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
• Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the display to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content.