Comments on: Microsoft shows off cool media visualization demo (video)

By: chall3ng3r

chall3ng3r — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:04:36 +0000

Yea, cool.

Now it looks like MS has realized that UX is a key to next-gen OS and Apps.

// chall3ng3r //

By: Hugo Castaneda

Hugo Castaneda — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:22:43 +0000

cool gizmo that he has better technology what can i say

By: matias

matias — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:00:54 +0000

It looks that the technology that microsft showed a few years in TED(watch that video is a must), photosynth. make a google on that and get the demo. it works as fast as that video on your machine.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:46:42 +0000

No nor is that amusing in any way.

By: blade

blade — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:09:51 +0000

I get the sound but no video, just a black screen. All other videos have worked. Could it be vista issues?

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Random Reading: F#, Linq, ToyScript « Tales from a Trading Desk — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:46:26 +0000

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By: Chustar

Chustar — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:34:07 +0000

@Ex-microsoftee: Which department did you officially work for?

By: n4cer

n4cer — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:42:52 +0000

When I saw it, I was reminded of MSR’s MediaBrowser that’s been around for a few years (~ 2004).

http://research.microsoft.com/users/sdrucker/oldwebsite/mediaBrowser.h tm

This could be a recent snapshot of their work in that space. The visualizations are more freeform/stylistic (and it’s great how they initially mimic common icons like the Messenger guy to visually convey the category of the data), but the concept is the same.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:22:57 +0000

I suppose that means everyone that does demos that don’t stuff up script them from start to finish huh…

By: Ex-microsoftee

Ex-microsoftee — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:20:19 +0000

OMFG!! You guys are so gullible!

From some1 who once worked @ MS writing code for “fake” user-interface applications for usability testing…

It’s a scripted demo!!! How can I tell:

1. Bill and his sidekick are acting with the false spontaneity of an info-mercial.

2. Why waste coding time working on a real application with multiple options when you can do a scripted one on the cheap?

3. Why would the world’s richest geek risk embarrassing himself with a software crash caused by some low-paid software design engineer’s bugs?

It’s a scripted demo!!!