newVideoPlayer("/secondlight_1_giz.flv", 506, 404,""); Here’s a neat trick: This Microsoft Surface table projects an image on its screen, but hold a piece of paper or glass over it, and you see a secret second layer of user interface.
Microsoft announced the SecondLight table a few days ago, offering plenty of explanations as to how this modified, quasi-X-ray Surface table works and how one might use it, but little in the way of visual aides. The dual-projection system, by which the table identifies where it is being touched and projects a second, alternative image didn’t sound like the kind of thing that would look, well, seamless. As it turns out, it does. Say what you will about the SecondLight’s incredibly complicated design, but you can’t deny that, in motion, the hidden overlay concept is pretty impressive. [PCPro via Slashdot]
