A short video of a Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table, with a pointer to making a homemade multi-touch screen. It shows the original touch-table concept.
Why Hacker News points people here: Mentioned as a reminder of the original Surface table, cool but too expensive.
“Like the Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table”
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> If we decided to build a touch screen device several times the size of the iPad Pro, it wouldn’t just be a new device, or even a new device category. It would be a completely new kind of experience with no comparison in the history of computing. Like the Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table: this video
Cites itDavidWanjiruDec 2016Full comment
No, not this one. The one I'm talking about had people talking about the product and how you could use it. The part with the song I'm talking about was a food restaurant setting (as opposed to a bar setting) Edit: The one I have in mind was more like this one in terms of setting - this video
Cites itmrigheleOct 2025
“Reminds of Microsoft Surface, the original coffee table”
Original Surface coffee table was cool but too expensive.
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Reminds of Microsoft Surface, the original coffee table [1]. It was quite cool at the time, but too expensive for what could have been useful application. Hopefully for them, this will have more luck. On a side not, the website is completely blank on Firefox. [1] this video