Comments on: Correction: “The Island” did NOT feature a Surface

By: Interviews & Discussions | Mark Coleran Visual Designer

Interviews & Discussions | Mark Coleran Visual Designer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:55:43 +0000

[...] Brief mention and reference to the past work in a short New Scientist technology blog. 06.07 Long Zheng at “I Started Something” Discussion with Long Zheng about the desk top computer realized in the Michael Bay directed film, [...]

By: eismann-sf » Futuristic XD: Minority Report, The Island, Ironman

eismann-sf » Futuristic XD: Minority Report, The Island, Ironman — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:29:50 +0000

[...] click here for an in depth article on the development of the interactive table featured in The Island. The [...]

By: Welcome to the echo chamber, Long | Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise |

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:55:17 +0000

[...] fire, there’s really no stopping, even when it’s burning the wrong house. I’ve made several mistakes in the past so this is not a cheap shot at other bloggers, but something like this clearly [...]

By: When Microsoft’s Joost-killer isn’t really Microsoft’s - istartedsomething

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:26:08 +0000

[...] really no stopping, even when it’s burning the wrong house. I’ve made several mistakes in the past so this is not a cheap shot at other bloggers, but something like this clearly [...]

By: Surface not innovative? | SurfaceRama.com

Surface not innovative? | SurfaceRama.com — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:24:09 +0000

[...] of “The Island”, and in fact most of the credit should go to Mark Coleran and others. An update is provided here. “While working for Microsoft I’m getting used to the fact that there will alwasy be a good [...]

By: » Microsoft Kitchen. Yeah, Microsoft Kitchen » InsideMicrosoft - part of the Blog News Channel

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:59:03 +0000

[...] Long had to file an update/correction, after it turned out his source was just ASSuming that it was Surface in the Island, when it was [...]

By: NightKids

NightKids — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:18:46 +0000

Just by looking at the screenshots from the movie’s “Surface”, one would not think it is really a Microsoft Surface, **especially** when the product was under Microsoft’s NDA, wouldn’t you say Long?

By: RC

RC — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:09:12 +0000

Well, as far as my impression, I didn’t think we were looking at a Surface prototype, but a Surface concept, and was only really confused about how much was done on set vs. post. In any event, no biggie.

By: University Update - Microsoft Surface - Correction: “The Island” did NOT feature a Surface

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:45:34 +0000

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By: Midnight

Midnight — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:46:47 +0000

It’s not a problem Long, misunderstandings happen… it’s still been an interesting topic.