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#1 2008-07-29 5:35 pm
- jonycrash
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Microsoft Sphere
Microsoft showing off new spherical display surface. I remember listening to a speech Woz gave some time ago were he said it would be neat if someone made a 3d globe display, because he felt apps such as google maps were unintuitive.
Looks like Microsoft was listening: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 … lobal.html
EDIT My bad, these guys are responsible for the display: http://www.globalimagination.com/
Thats what I get for skipping the article, and jumping straight to the vid. 
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#2 2008-07-30 3:50 pm
- Nefarious
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Re: Microsoft Sphere
I can see the Sphere being useful as a kiosk kind of thing.
Any other ideas ?
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#3 2008-07-30 4:19 pm
- sturner
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Re: Microsoft Sphere
Sci-Fi movies?
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#4 2008-07-30 4:23 pm
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Re: Microsoft Sphere
A great learning tool to show planetary phenomena like clouds, wind and ocean current, continental drift, planetary development etc.
An interactive globe.
A game like Risk would be interesting on a large sphere.
It's not a movie.
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#5 2008-07-30 4:25 pm
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Re: Microsoft Sphere
Just bring back the wooden pieces. This is the Deluxe Edition.
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#6 2008-07-30 6:37 pm
Re: Microsoft Sphere
The Perspecta display from Actuality Systems is way cooler. Too bad it runs $40,000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KaQmn2VTzs
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