My 2 Cents: It’s been a while since i have posted anything but when I saw this proof of concept for Microsoft’s Surface, I just has to post it. In the past I have only been seeing different flash animations that utilized surface’s multi-touch interface but in this case you really see the potential of this technology.
It does not hurt that I am a fan of Dungeons & Dragons but the way that this was executed was too nice…I really can not wait to get my hands on this…too nice
by Tim Stevens
posted Oct 20th 2009 at 7:58AMWe’ve seen some fancy applications for Microsoft’s Surface, the touchable, strokable, caressable computing device/big-ass table, but not a single one has made us twitter in nerdy glee like Surfacescapes. Created by a team at Carnegie Mellon University, it’s an implementation of Dungeons & Dragons in 3D, something that has of course been done dozens and dozens of times before, but this is different. Way different.
Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.
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Surfacescapes puts Dungeons & Dragons on Surface, makes your d20 obsolete (video)





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