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And it looks like Microsoft is betting on touchscreen devices -- and hoping that its Surface technology will grow up and gain wider acceptance.
Long Zheng at I Started Something found a longer version of the video with even more goodies tucked away. Perhaps the things that surprise me the most are how much legroom you'll have on airplanes in 2019... and the fact that Microsoft thinks there'll still be something vaguely resembling a newspaper 10 years from now.
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Subscribe to commentsDeoWulfMar 1st 2009 4:34PM
Indeed... I actually feel moved to like them more as a company because of their dreams. Of course, that will be irrelevant if the next gen Zune isn't the great device I'm saving my money for. Dreams are nice, but deliver, deliver, deliver!
gmbyronxviMar 1st 2009 9:59AM
Notice Windows XP running on Targets (it is Target, I know their store layout system) employee's PDT. Some Target stores actually piloted the "e-ink" price tag system. I worked in one that had that and its pretty cool. Safes tons of time, but glitches out all the time.
Drew GreenMar 1st 2009 9:59AM
That'd be sweet if it's how it really is, but I'm guessing that's closer to 50 years from now rather than 10.
DazMar 1st 2009 9:59AM
if this so happens i am SO messing with one of them tech keys or whatever and turning it into a skeloten key
shit will be so cash
EthanMar 1st 2009 9:59AM
They've sure got an imagination if they're still relevant.
KarlWMar 1st 2009 9:59AM
Yea, this is the same company that thought Vista was good value. The same company whose division chiefs were emailing each other after macworld about how awesome OSX Tiger was and how they couldn't compete with search as fast as Spotlight.
Microsoft has made concepts before; they're good at it. Pretty much all of Windows Longhorn was made in flash. It's when they tried to turn that in to reality that things got complicated and they had to reset the code base.
EthanMar 1st 2009 1:00PM
Or the computer industry just moves really fast and that Microsoft has managed to be the industry leader for this long is really surprising.
intellerMar 1st 2009 11:05AM
I think they are underestimating the amount of crime and poverty in our future that will split this little utopian vision down the middle. My vision of the future looks more like Mike Judge's Idiocracy.
csb1227Mar 1st 2009 1:32PM
I have to agree. This looks 'cool' but think of how much it would cost. Is your average (in debt up to their eyeballs) American still going to think they need the latest and greatest? And I still have a hard time believing that paper will ever be totally replaced. I think folks still want hard copies of important documents.
Doug HMar 1st 2009 11:17AM
Very cool. However, there needs to be some upper management changes for MSFT to be part of 2019. MSFT is now a follower, not a leader...stuck in 1999.
Roland Koch WixerMar 1st 2009 2:33PM
Dreamer you're a little dreamer...
If one thing is for sure, than that Microsoft's vision never came true. They may dream such things but they are not that innovative and never did catch a trend at the right time in the past.
and honestly, that nice, bright world they predict doesn't address one single important problem of today. Nor does it solve the current or the future ones!
Hey Microsoft, let Apple serve the glossy lovers and add some value to your vision!!!
Phantasien fieberkranker Hirne!
DeoWulfMar 1st 2009 4:32PM
Well they did have gardens on top of all the future buildings in the full-length one. So that's nice, I guess.
KyleMar 1st 2009 3:37PM
I guess I am not seeing things that amaze me.
Touch screens, remote control touch screens that control bigger screens.
The hospital vision thing was impressive, but I dont see one innovation that truly helps a society create jobs or better living.
RaffiMar 2nd 2009 7:30AM
Well this is from Microsoft so its about the software not the display technology. It's a benchmark for interface design and seamless connected systems.
John LeschinskiMar 1st 2009 6:34PM
Not everything has to be about saving the world.
JohnMar 1st 2009 6:41PM
So they think that popup ads will have been eliminated in 10 years?
EvenioMar 2nd 2009 10:27AM
Of course; none of the Microsoft-approved sites will be permitted to use popups. Such distractions will end up going the way of the free market, dissenting views and the dodo bird. :)
KuswantoMar 1st 2009 10:29PM
that's a total rip off of minority report with a more colorful interface.
Mc.FishieMar 2nd 2009 7:30AM
Imagine a bug free version of windows.... That DEFIANTLY wont be done by 2019....
RPMar 2nd 2009 7:30AM
Where's the table PC? Did I miss it?