Think Microsoft has lost a vision for the future of technology? Think again. If this video is any indication, they have plenty. Amazing. (via Mashable)

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Posted on: October 27, 2011 in Videos

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  • http://bentune.blogspot.com/ Ben Tune

    That’s very cool.

    • http://www.facebook.com/kristynphipps Kristyn Carter Phipps

      You also have to keep in mind that Microsoft doesn’t make glass and Corning doesn’t make technology. They may be forming a type of partnership similar to the one Corning’s Fiber-Optic facilities held with Verizon. 

  • Chad Jackson

    Don’t mean to burst the bubble on this one but this is actually a copycat from what Corning did in February ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38 ).  The Corning video has 15M hits.  I actually like the Corning video more because it is a lot less chaotic.  It wouldn’t be the first time Microsoft copied something as Steve Jobs would have said. 

  • Guest

    I like the vision, but 

  • Aaron Kerr

    I like the vision, but Microsoft hasn’t done anything in the past 10 years that convinces me they have the necessary execution to make them happy. Apple has vision too, but they demonstrate it in things they’re actually building and releasing to the public.

    • http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt

      Yep, execution will be the key.

  • http://avajae.blogspot.com Ava Jae

    Wow. I couldn’t tear my eyes off the entire time. So cool to see what some people are imagining for the future. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/dadooz Tom Franklin

    I agree with Aaron- a lot of the function we already see on iOS devices, the evolution of the form that is depicted is pretty cool though.  Doesn’t seem so far in the future…

  • http://www.charlesspecht.com Charles Specht

    Never count Microsoft out. 

  • http://twitter.com/leaderEx Sachin Kundu

    Nice, like a futuristic movie of sorts. As someone mentioned execution is always the key.

    Even I could make a vision video showing me walking on mars, but of course I cannot execute it.

    Anyways Michael did you notice an interesting fact.

    Even though the computer/smartphone technology was shown so much better, the transportation system looked just as now.

    Considering that so many of earth’s problems are due to excessive and inefficient transportation systems, it would make sense to have a vision there also.

    What do you think? 

    • http://michaelhyatt.com Michael Hyatt

      Actually, General Motors go-sponsored this, so I saw lots of changes to the cars; however, maybe you were looking for something more radical like mass transit. I don’t think that will come out of GM.

  • http://www.philippknoll.com Philipp Knoll

    It is easy to imagine cool stuff for the future as long as you don’t have to actually build it or at least give a hint on how will go about it. Sure this would be cool stuff to use but than there isn’t really anything in here we have not already seen in the movies. And doesn’t that clip make you feel strange? Those people appear to be alone and lost in a world of technology. To me this is saying: Yeah, I’m isolated and alone but I still have that gadget to touch and play around with…

  • Anonymous

    Loved the 3-D computer screen

  • Andy

    When I first saw this video, the people who were presenting it commented that it was a cool vision for 2024, but then one of them said, yes, but Apple will do it in five years. I thought that was funny considering how far behind Microsoft has fallen since Bill Gates left Microsoft.

  • http://www.irunurun.com/blog/ Travis Dommert

    Slick.  I like the comment “never count MS out”…not so much as a fan, but just aware of how radically things can change.  Not so long ago Apple was trailing its entire market, let along the leader.  Anyone can come back.

    I also think of AT&T…which is really Southwestern Bell.  By this I mean…who knows, there might be a crazy successful genius startup that buys MS and takes the name and the company to new heights.

    One thing we can count on…change.  I can just imagine it now…we all have clocks blinking 12:00PM on our fridge, space-age chalk boards, and counter tops.  Hope we can keep pace!

  • http://uma-maheswaran.blogspot.com/ Uma Maheswaran S

    That was fascinating.

  • Anonymous

    Mike, normally I’m into far thinking, imaginative ideas, but I didn’t think there was that much that was truly imaginative about this – lots of touch screen technology, some 3D, some augmented reality, some translation, etc. (Apple and Google are doing lots of this already, and Microsoft seem to now be playing catch-up in this space).

    Compare this to Apple’s Knowledge Navigator video in 1987 – that was much further ahead of its time. It wasn’t just making screens bigger or thinner, or extending ideas that were in their infancy at the time; it was far more creative … but not beyond the realms of the possible – they’re now beginning to deliver on it.

  • http://levittmike.wordpress.com levittmike

    We will likely have these abilities much sooner than we expect.  

  • http://emuelle1.blogspot.com Eric S. Mueller

    I see other commenters made the connection to Corning’s video. I agree it was less chaotic. Both videos make me wonder how dangerous it will be (not to mention expensive) when every surface we encounter is made of glass infused with micro-electronics. It reminds me of those silly plastic kitchens from 50′s future videos. I don’t mean to sound cynical. I know the vision for the future has to start somewhere.

    I still want my flying car that the 1950′s promised I’d have by the year 2000.

  • Terry Wilhite

    Microsoft makes nice videos. Apple creates complete culture shifts and innovated life advantages for users. Microsoft has never led. It has always attempted to emulate Apple.

    • Rob Sorbo

      I have to disagree with part of your statement. I have noticed that many of Apple’s “innovations” are things that already existed on other platforms.

      Now, Apple does lead in a few things: integration (anything that is built into Apple hardware will work perfectly) and marketing (getting people to want their products).

  • http://www.facebook.com/louise.thaxton Louise Thaxton

    Amazing is an understatement!  Wow is all I can say. 

  • http://www.jeffrandleman.com Jeff Randleman

    Reminds me of Corning’s “glass house” concepts.  Very cool!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Amy-Munoz/100003038450777 Amy Munoz

    Amazing! Looking forward to this.

  • Rob Sorbo

    I agree with the other commenters, I think I like the Corning one better.

    I’m a 27 year old tech nut, and I’m a little nervous about keeping up with all that! I guess I finally understand the tech anxiety I sense from some older people.

    • http://emuelle1.blogspot.com Eric S. Mueller

      I think it’s the anxiety from older people that leads to videos like this being produced. I’m 37 and an engineer/IT pro, and I had trouble following how they got from one element to the next. To me it didn’t seem coherent. I wondered if anybody who knew how computers and networks actually function was involved in the creation of the video.

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