You've probably heard about Microsoft's giant multi-touch screen Surface project. You may have even been fortunate enough to play with it. Well that's all passe now as Microsoft Research has decided that a coffee-table sized flat surface just doesn't cut it any more, now it's all about spheres.The ingeniously named Sphere is coming out on Tuesday at Microsoft's Faculty Summit in Redmond and Engadget says "...the prototype relies upon an infrared system to detect hands, fingers, and objects as well as an internal (not external like Surface) projection system developed by Global Imagination (and customized by Microsoft) to deliver its multi-touch UI. At the moment, Microsoft is demonstrating photo manipulation, a spinning globe, 360-degree video, and a simple Pong-like game, the latter giving us a taste of future gaming possibilities."
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