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01.10.06
Bill Gates Keynote At CES (That Playtable Rocks)
 By
Robert Scoble
You
can watch along. I'm sitting in the Bellagio with a bunch of geeks watching
on a video feed. Updates to come.
Oh, Engadget
did a point-by-point of the keynote too (with pictures!) But, Memeorandum
is the best place to go to see all the reaction from around the world.
I heard he won't use any PowerPoint slides tonight. That'll be interesting to
see.
6:45 p.m. Bill just came out. He's talking about winning the Time's person of
the year with his wife. Noted that in 1982 the PC won that award.
6:47. Notes that last year Microsoft saw 11% growth in Windows PCs.
6:48. Showing a futuristic home of the future screen that you can touch.
6:49. Shows off a cool holographic office screen. Shows images that wrap around
you.
6:50. Demonstrates a Tablet PC that is virtually displayed along with the wrap
around screen.
6:52. He's demonstrating the PlayTable (a prototype table - someone just wrote
me and said this isn't the PlayTable. Oh, oh. Still very cool. And, I'll definitely
follow up with that team). He drops his cell phone onto a surface and images fly
out of it. Wild. Oh, cool, now that the Table has been demonstrated I can talk
about this. It's no demo. It really works. It's unbelieveable technology. How
does the Tablet work? It has a projector underneath it, projecting onto holographic
glass. Under the glass (you can't see these) are two cameras that triangulate
in on the surface of the glass. How does it know that Bill's cell phone has been
laid on the surface of the glass? A barcode on the bottom of Bill's cell phone.
6:58. Bill is talking about the industry.
7:00. Windows Vista demos start. Aaron Woodman is on stage talking about Vista.
First, fresh user interface.
Live previews of applications. Switching apps is easier. Flip 3D is being shown
(shows various Windows you have open in 3D interface).
Sidebar being demoed showing Gadgets. RSS feed reader in Sidebar. Dave Winer will
be happy.
7:04. You can search. From the start menu.
7:05. Tabbed browsing with a twist. MSN Search done, brings up new tabs by clicking
on links which opens new tabs. Then shows off quick tabs. Shows thumbnail of different
tabs. Very cool. Built in parental controls. Shows how games rating works for
parents.
7:06. Experiences? New Flight Simulator being demoed. Whoa!!! Damn, that's unbelieveable.
You have to see this to believe it. Unbelieveable game experiences are coming.
7:09. Photo experiences. It shows that it always save the original photo. So,
if you crop you can go back. If you change color, you can go back.
7:10. Motion video working right next to photos in new Windows media sharing app.
7:11. Windows Media Player. New UI. No long lists anymore. Resizeable icons and
info. Very nice.
7:12. Van Toffler, Group President, MTV Networks is onstage. Announcing partnership.
100 CD-quality radiostations. Urge is name. Subscribers will
drive the service. He used the word "sucks" on stage. Ahh, customers can tell
them it sucks and they'll listen. Two million tracks available. All you can eat
OR download and buy your favorite track.
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the rest of the article.
About the Author:
Robert Scoble is the founder of the famous
Scobleizer blog. As an employee of Microsoft,
Robert Scoble is recognized as the most prominent corporate blogger in the world.
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