Finally Microsoft comes out with something thats not directly stolen from Apple

[mariofreak55]

Now tell me this: Is it actually useful in any way? It just looks like something you'd toy around with for a day or two then do nothing but brag about and forget it.

But they're actually doing shit, I'm sure they'll make cool things like being able to scan things by just placing a photo or image on the surface and it would copy it.

It's awesome, and I'm sure there will be more useful things for it in the future.

Scanners have been around for years. So have touchscreens.

Hell, you can thank Apple's Newton for popularizing the touchscreen.

Have you ever seen them be used like this?

Probably not.

Anyways, how much would an early one of these be costing?

[ncba93ivyase]

Now tell me this: Is it actually useful in any way? It just looks like something you'd toy around with for a day or two then do nothing but brag about and forget it.

But they're actually doing shit, I'm sure they'll make cool things like being able to scan things by just placing a photo or image on the surface and it would copy it.

It's awesome, and I'm sure there will be more useful things for it in the future.

Scanners have been around for years. So have touchscreens.

Hell, you can thank Apple's Newton for popularizing the touchscreen.

Have you ever seen them be used like this?

Probably not.

Anyways, how much would an early one of these be costing?

Combining technologies is nothing new either.

And don't expect this to ever hit the average consumers.

[The artist formally known]

Now tell me this: Is it actually useful in any way? It just looks like something you'd toy around with for a day or two then do nothing but brag about and forget it.

But they're actually doing shit, I'm sure they'll make cool things like being able to scan things by just placing a photo or image on the surface and it would copy it.

It's awesome, and I'm sure there will be more useful things for it in the future.

Scanners have been around for years. So have touchscreens.

Hell, you can thank Apple's Newton for popularizing the touchscreen.

Everyone knows that, it's just being used differently.

Thats like saying the Wii is a piece of shit because motion sensors have been around forever.

[The artist formally known]

Have you ever seen them be used like this?

Probably not.

Anyways, how much would an early one of these be costing?

$10,000

[mariofreak55]

Have you ever seen them be used like this?

Probably not.

Anyways, how much would an early one of these be costing?

$10,000

lol nvm

ill play with them at the restaurants. D:

[ncba93ivyase]

Everyone knows that, it's just being used differently.

Thats like saying the Wii is a piece of shit because motion sensors have been around forever.

Wii is a piece of shit. This whole generation is shit.

lol nvm

ill play with them at the restaurants. D:

I wouldn't imagine seeing this outside of luxurious businesses and high end malls and stores in the technological capitals of the world. (e.g.:Tokyo, New York, Paris.)

[mariofreak55]

I wouldn't imagine seeing this outside of luxurious businesses and high end malls and stores in the technological capitals of the world. (e.g.:Tokyo, New York, Paris.)

I can ride the train to San Francisco whenever I want. awesome;

Anyways, I'm sure they'll eventually become popular. I mean, it's not like this thing isn't innovative. Did you even watch the videos?

[ncba93ivyase]

I wouldn't imagine seeing this outside of luxurious businesses and high end malls and stores in the technological capitals of the world. (e.g.:Tokyo, New York, Paris.)

I can ride the train to San Francisco whenever I want. awesome;

Anyways, I'm sure they'll eventually become popular. I mean, it's not like this thing isn't innovative. Did you even watch the videos?

...How often do you expect to see something this large and expensive everywhere? The general public won't do much but mess around with it. Hell, there's not much of a way to profit off of it, either.

You can scan ID cards and mess around with images and such. You can get a roomful of gadgets that perform the same purpose, have them spread throughout the building, and save loads of cash.

[mariofreak55]

...How often do you expect to see something this large and expensive everywhere? The general public won't do much but mess around with it. Hell, there's not much of a way to profit off of it, either.

You can scan ID cards and mess around with images and such. You can get a roomful of gadgets that perform the same purpose, have them spread throughout the building, and save loads of cash.

I would think that a store that makes thousands of dollars every day (and if it doesn't, it would probably be closed down soon enough) would be able to afford something like this, and I'm talking about big name companies. One of the videos showed it being used in a phone store, and excuse me if I'm wrong, but Cingular, T-Mobile, those are some pretty big companies. I think they could afford them, and this is probably going to get big just for the sheer fact that it's more hi-tech then most anything, which a lot of the time gets it far, seeing as there isn't any competition, ie. how the PS3 isn't doing too good.

[The artist formally known]

...How often do you expect to see something this large and expensive everywhere? The general public won't do much but mess around with it. Hell, there's not much of a way to profit off of it, either.

You can scan ID cards and mess around with images and such. You can get a roomful of gadgets that perform the same purpose, have them spread throughout the building, and save loads of cash.

He's right, unless this becomes cheaper, there won't be many of them. They're pretty much computers but without a keyboard and mouse, and with a weird interface. Not too useful.

[ncba93ivyase]

]I would think that a store that makes thousands of dollars every day (and if it doesn't, it would probably be closed down soon enough) would be able to afford something like this, and I'm talking about big name companies. One of the videos showed it being used in a phone store, and excuse me if I'm wrong, but Cingular, T-Mobile, those are some pretty big companies. I think they could afford them, and this is probably going to get big just for the sheer fact that it's more hi-tech then most anything, which a lot of the time gets it far, seeing as there isn't any competition, ie. how the PS3 isn't doing too good.

Now, how many stores do these companies own? Would they be useful?

If I throw a Mac into a fish market, will more fish be sold? If I throw one of these massive beasts into a phone store, will more phones be sold? Will playing simple games with touchscreen controls even make them consider getting that company's phones even more? They'll know the company is wasting money, and that's about it.

Now, for for those high class restaurants, yes, it may be useful. People see they can have a good time there, so they visit more often. But if this restaurant only has one, not many people will have a chance to use it. And eventually, they will get dirty and destroyed. They'd end up spending more money to keep the customers occupied than they'd pay all of their chefs.

[The artist formally known]

]I would think that a store that makes thousands of dollars every day (and if it doesn't, it would probably be closed down soon enough) would be able to afford something like this, and I'm talking about big name companies. One of the videos showed it being used in a phone store, and excuse me if I'm wrong, but Cingular, T-Mobile, those are some pretty big companies. I think they could afford them, and this is probably going to get big just for the sheer fact that it's more hi-tech then most anything, which a lot of the time gets it far, seeing as there isn't any competition, ie. how the PS3 isn't doing too good.

Now, how many stores do these companies own? Would they be useful?

If I throw a Mac into a fish market, will more fish be sold? If I throw one of these massive beasts into a phone store, will more phones be sold? Will playing simple games with touchscreen controls even make them consider getting that company's phones even more? They'll know the company is wasting money, and that's about it.

Now, for for those high class restaurants, yes, it may be useful. People see they can have a good time there, so they visit more often. But if this restaurant only has one, not many people will have a chance to use it. And eventually, they will get dirty and destroyed. They'd end up spending more money to keep the customers occupied than they'd pay all of their chefs.

You should see what people spend money on, people buy stuff like this just to say "Hey, I'm fucking loaded with money". People will buy it, also it just shows that Microsoft isn't a second Sony company, they make shit by themselves, even if it's not entirely useful to many people.

Hopefully it is just a begging for more kewl thingies

[InbredPsychosis]

Looks pretty awesome. I remember seeing a video about this maybe a year ago. As for being practical or useful, from the videos it seems to have a very nice usage. I particularly liked ordering food with it. However I wonder how much this thing is going to cost.

[Houdini]

Looks pretty awesome. I remember seeing a video about this maybe a year ago. As for being practical or useful, from the videos it seems to have a very nice usage. I particularly liked ordering food with it. However I wonder how much this thing is going to cost.

$10,000

[InbredPsychosis]

$10,000

Oh shit, I just read in the quote.

I figured it wasn't going to be for a normal consumer.