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Video: Microsoft's PC in a Dome
REDMOND -- The Microsoft Research team behind the surface computing and Sphere projects is showing something new at the company's TechFest today: A computer that projects images onto an overhead dome and lets users control the experience with their hands in mid-air. For now, the project is called "Interactions with an Omni-Directional Projector," but they're looking for a snappier name. Here's a video of Microsoft researchers Hrvoje Benko and Andy Wilson giving me a demo of the prototype here this morning.
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