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The other side of I AM PC

With everything going on, I thought you would enjoy having a look at a vision Microsoft has for the future featuring electronic newspapers, transparent walls, real time translators, floor displays, digital shopping, electronic boarding cards, tactile displays....

This is a montage:
<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a517b260-bb6b-48b9-87ac-8e2743a28ec5&showPlaylist=true&from=shared" target="_new" title="Future Vision Montage">Video: Future Vision Montage</a>

A retail perspective:
<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:8d7a2ef7-84cf-4daf-9a4d-2531c273f756&showPlaylist=true&from=shared" target="_new" title="Retail Future Vision">Video: Retail Future Vision</a>

these clips come via istartedsomething.com;
where you will find a longer 5 minute video clip

Puts a new perspective on Microsoft's I Am PC strategy doesn't it?
Personally I'm a little disappointed that we don't have more speech recognition enhancements come down the pipe. Fascinating none the less.

cheers

Looks like the future is in touchscreen technologies.

I love the idea of an electronic newspaper. I first heard about some of these ideas in Neal Stephenson fiction. Specifically, The Diamond Age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age) and Snow Crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash)

I am actually a PC - but I was struck by how Apple-like the handheld devices were in the video.