A month ago, Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley reported that sources were telling her of a Microsoft Surface computer in the shape of a sphere. Long Zheng, another Microsoft Watcher, recently discovered ...

Microsoft’s Surface Sphere operates a lot like the original Surface, utilizing a projector surrounded by a ring of IR cameras, which is then covered by a semi-opaque globe. The IR cameras detect when ...

Microsoft isn't set to officially unveil its Surface Sphere until Demofest 2008 kicks off, but that hasn't stopped Seattle PI's Todd Bishop from running his hands-on story a little early. The ...

More video of Microsoft's Surface Sphere multitouch display has been released, demonstrating a little better than the last video exactly what the touch-sensitive ball can do. Basic technical details ...

This week’s useless innovations in computing award goes to the Microsoft Research team, who sellotaped a projector, an exercise ball and a customised version of Microsoft Surface (the touchscreen ...

Microsoft is going to debut its spherical multi-touch Surface next week at its annual Research Faculty Summit. We’re pretty curious about what you can do with a big ball of multi-touch (and wondering ...