Microsoft unveils its vision for the future

By on Mar 1, 2009 at 3:15 PM
General March 1, 2009

At the recent Wharton Business Technology Conference, Steven Elop, president of Microsoft’s business division, unveiled the latest future montage video from Microsoft Office Labs. The video, known simply as 2019, provides a sneak peek at the future according to Microsoft. The widespread use of surface and touchscreen devices coupled with ubiquitous wireless connectivity provides a future worthy of any science fiction novel. It is an interesting watch and will be even more interesting as the future unfolds and we see which of these technologies come to fruition. Hit the jump for the video.

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  • http://Davidthande.blogspot.com David Thande

    Rey your mom made me really sleepy!

    I’m a PC!

  • mk1311

    2019? that long? of course, it’s microsoft.

  • Jason

    Well, you might be dead.

  • RON

    Yeah, and by that time Macs will be controlled by brainwaves. Just give up on Windows and viruses and ‘accept or deny’, and get a virus free Mac. Live a little!

  • blur(p)s

    seems cool enough. all the power to you ms

  • maximus

    if the world is headed for touchscreen everything simple virus’s will run rampide no? Whos going to keep these things clean? all that transparent glass with be a smudgey mess

  • http://blog.weaverling.org/ weave

    Wait, what’s all this touchscreen crap? Where’s the qwerty keyboards? Ballmer says we all want keyboards. This touchscreen stuff is never going to fly.

  • mangenius

    maximus – Windex stock. Take that as a tip

  • Neil

    The Treo Pro seems so dead in the water since the Pre was announced. I’d find it hard to drop any money on the Pro after seeing the demo videos of the Pre.

  • Marc D

    That future looks too good to be true. Number 1, there is no advertising anywhere in the future. Number 2, everything works seamlessly across a wide number of devices and formats. Number 3, air travel is actually pleasant and relaxing. Number 4, blindness has been cured since EVERY interface is purely VISUAL.

  • m.

    this tech was also shown in quantum of solace, in british intell hq. i wouldnt be surprised if all of the tech shown in this video was already slated for prod and microsoft was already working on the next innovation. crazy creative. im a mac user, but im extremely interested in how portable computing figures into this touchscreen/interactive/network-type tech.

  • TRV$

    ^now that’s what I call perspective

  • westley

    Wow that was really cool.

    A complete pipe dream
    But I’d like to see the iPhone get flash and copy and paste thanks.

    P.s. I liked the phone it was awesome
    And the cup

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Moreno United States

  • jayrodathome

    reminds me of Spielburg’s vision of the future in a little movie known as MINORITY REPORT!

    I bet Steve directed this little “montage”

  • Jamie

    Where’s the bsod?

  • Tim

    WOW that phone is awesome

    but kinda dumb what happens if you break or lose a half of it? HAHHAA

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