Interesting how it compares with their earlier vision of 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gEWoVCl-xU).
Seems to be fewer screens in the new one.
Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
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Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#42Interesting how it compares with their earlier vision of 2019 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gEWoVCl-xU ). Seems to be fewer screens in the new one.
I was thinking the same thing as I was watching it. The interaction hasn't changed as much as the form of the screen itself has become more versatile.
Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#43So, a lot of the comments here are misunderstanding what this video is, and focusing on parts that don't matter. First, here are the last two editions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gEWoVCl-xU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cNdhOKwi0
In addition many commenters are getting distracted by the nature of the displays, the lack of focus on people, and the level of automation in the software. This video is made by Microsoft's Office team, and the key idea here is the content of the productivity scenarios they've expressed. And truthfully, they've made some fairly successful predictions in past videos, including items like Skype automatic translation, services like PlateJoy, natural ink processing...
So what are they actually predicting here? Here's what I spot in order:
Augmented reality in work scenarios (diving)
Gesture control in augmented reality
Sharing of what you personally see
3D printers in the classroom
Pannable panoramic video recordings
Trivial sharing between computers
Flexible screens
Perfect wireless coverage
Advanced budgeting assistance
High quality freelancer-project matching
Use of pens on touch screens for writing and more
Automatic advanced data-visualizations (the types of things that are custom made at the moment)
An armband device using hand gestures instead of touch.
24 hour coworking spaces available on short notice.
Easy window organization
Do not disturb for all incoming contact
Automatic diet tracking
Even better contextual video
Advanced job performance analysis
Looks like a pretty cool and not unreasonable list of predictions to me. They're not saying that this is what this WILL look like, just what it might look like. And honestly, I think we will see at least 50% of those items in the next ten years.
Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#44As long as the vision doesn't contain annoying online advertising I'll take it. The video was neat, but how close are we to solving the battery problem? I'd like a laptop that can last a week. Or charger tech that can charge a day-long device in under 2 minutes. Thank you very much.
Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#45As long as the vision doesn't contain annoying online advertising I'll take it. The video was neat, but how close are we to solving the battery problem? I'd like a laptop that can last a week. Or charger tech that can charge a day-long device in under 2 minutes. Thank you very much.
If you took a current generation battery, and paired it with current generation processors, but dialed the performance to early 2000s---we might get there already?
(People did good work with that level of performance. And even with much less.)
Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#46What baffles me when I look at all these futuristic interfaces is that they do not take into consideration the most productive combination: keyboard+mouse+voice+3D depth. It would allow you do many things at once and as a result save time. Limiting users to gestures on flat surface looks nice and easy but isn't the fastest way to interact with stuff on the screen.
Re: Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision
#47As long as the vision doesn't contain annoying online advertising I'll take it. The video was neat, but how close are we to solving the battery problem? I'd like a laptop that can last a week. Or charger tech that can charge a day-long device in under 2 minutes. Thank you very much.
If you took a current generation battery, and paired it with current generation processors, but dialed the performance to early 2000s---we might get there already? (People did good work with that level of performance. And even with much less.)
Good point.