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It is amazing to see how display technology is evolving. Not too long ago, tubes were the standard way of showing moving pictures. Then came the LCD/Plasma revolution. Screens are getting both bigger (42″ seems the new standard for TVs, while it was 22″ not so long before) and smaller (just see the new 2″ iPod nano or pinable video). Now you can have a film on any wall — or in any pocket.
Electronic paper seems to be coming closer to production. One day I guess we will have animated cereal boxes…
Holographic storytelling
A new, holographic technology allows to display images in thin air. While the quality is still not quite there yet, this is certainly a very exciting technology:
It will be very interesting to see if this technology requires a different format for telling stories.
Interactive
Now imagine if you could combine these two technologies - holographic movies and interactivity, and a whole new world of storytelling evolves. I imagine some sort of combination between a film storyline and computer games.
The future is certainly looking interesting.
I’m currently in Berlin, where I studied some 10 years ago. And boy, has this city changed. And boy, how it has not changed. Lots of energy, creativity, space for alternative thinking. And many new, huge, amazing buildings.
The only problem that Berlin faces, is that it is not part of Norway 
More posts once I return. I might even post some pictures from the world chapionate (sic) in fireworks, which is the reason I am in this awesome town. (Oh, and our sweet brother Sweden won.)
As my regulars reader will have guessed, I am usually a big fan of everything with an Apple logo, while trying to avoid anything that starts with “Microso” or “Windo”. A short while ago, I was officially impressed by two of Microsoft’s campaigns. But today, I was short of blown away by the following glimpse from the MS laboratories:
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I couldn’t help but feeling “Hey, this is Apple territory - it’s easy to use, it’s definately cool, I want one”.
Starting at USD 5.000, I don’t see why they are not targeting the (upper/geek) home market.
For more info, hop over to Popular Mechanics. Update: Doug pointed me to Microsofts website about the Surface. If you are in New York on June 9th, you can see it live. Lucky you Americans, in one month you get two cool gadgets from Apple (iPhone) and Microsoft (Surface).
