Microsoft has a video released in which the a view of productiveit in a broad sense five to ten years in the future. The red wire in the video is the use of touch screens without borders, holographic displays and intelligent interfaces.
The ‘Productivity Future Vision’video is made by the Office Team at Microsoft and is a sequel to the video” Microsoft in 2019 ” from 2009. The video, according to David Jones, head of Microsoft’s Envisioning Team, a look at how productivity in the workplace and at home there within five to ten years might look like, so read at Wired. The displayed interfaceconcepten will not be reflected directly in Microsoft products.
In the video include smartphones with screens without borders, to see and tablets with a large screen, like a book slammed to a smaller size for transport. The touch-sensitive screens in the video was a holographic image to show and also the surrounding area can holographic projection be used. That way, business information, for example, the transparency of the visualized be.
Also thinks Microsoft that by that time, smarter interfaces with more interactivity developed. It shows the video in more context-sensitive smartphone interface for giving answers to incoming questions on a smartphone, where the user, for example, only the right amount of need.
Further shows the video under more a in a pair of glasses processed vertaalcomputer which is activated by the legs of the glasses to touch, a virtual concert, where, in real-time donated can be with the smartphone, a digital cookbook which, by the picture of the dish to the kitchen countertop, drag and drop the required ingredients will be displayed.
A large part of the concepts is already possible. “Much of the technology in the video, such as stereoscopic 3d displays, speech recognition, real-time collaboration and data visualization are already part of current products”, says Jones. The video expands the current possibilities, however, with the new elements.