Microsoft Surface Presentation at MIX 2011

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They posted the presentations to the MIX 2011 website today, and we will have 2 Surface related presentations at MIX! That is very exciting!
See you in Las Vegas in less than a month!

A Whole NUI World: Microsoft Surface 2 and Windows Touch
Luis Cabrera

Heard about Microsoft Surface 2? In this presentation we will introduce you to the new Microsoft Surface Hardware and explain how you can write applications for it. By the end of the presentation you will have learned how to use the Microsoft Surface 2 SDK to write an application that bridges the physical world we live in to the virtual world on the Surface. We will also discuss what it takes to write an application that targets both Microsoft Surface Hardware and Windows Touch Enabled Devices. And of course, you will learn tricks of the trade, like how to write an application right away using the new Microsoft Surface Input Simulator. We will focus on WPF development, but anyone with an interest in Natural User Interfaces should be able to follow and enjoy the presentation.

The Microsoft Surface MVPs Present:Natural User Interfaces, Today and Tomorrow; An Interactive Discussion and Demonstration
Rick Barraza, Joshua Blake, Nicolas Calvi, Neil Roodyn, Bart Roozendaal, Josh Santangelo and Dennis Vroegop

The Natural User Interface (NUI) is a hot topic that generates a lot of excitement, but there are only a handful of companies doing real innovation with NUIs and most of the practical experience in the NUI style of design and development is limited to a small number of experts. The Microsoft Surface MVPs are a subset of these experts that have extensive real-world experience with Microsoft Surface and other NUI devices. This session is a panel featuring the Microsoft Surface MVPs and an unfiltered discussion with each other and the audience about the state of the art in NUI design and development. We will share our experiences and ideas, discuss what we think NUI will look like in the near future, and back up our statements with cutting-edge demonstrations prepared by the panelists involving combinations of Microsoft Surface 2.0, Kinect, and Windows Phone 7.