Re:Google is Building Star Trek
by alanh on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:31AM
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Specifically, MICROSOFT has three technologies that could, theoretically, provide a Star Trek like experience in your home:
1. Voice recognition
Anyone with Visual Studio knows how easy it is to use MICROSOFT's voice recognition framework. They’ve had it for years, and it keeps getting better.
2. MICROSOFT HOME NETWORKING and UPNP
Since the days of MSHOME, Microsoft has been hard at work getting your fridge, phone, and computer to talk to each other -- with zero configuration! Did we say phone? We meant tricorder.
3. Search (Bing)
MICROSOFT's Bing takes you beyond information retrieval. As a Decision Engine, it's just what Jean-Luc needs when deciding whether to enter Cardassian space or not.
Seriously: The fundamental technologies to “talk to your [handheld device] and display search results on a television” have been around for years and years now, but it’s not really a compelling use-case and furthermore takes real vision and commitment to deliver this as part of a really usable experience, something that has not really been Google or Microsoft's strong suit.
1. Voice recognition
Anyone with Visual Studio knows how easy it is to use MICROSOFT's voice recognition framework. They’ve had it for years, and it keeps getting better.
2. MICROSOFT HOME NETWORKING and UPNP
Since the days of MSHOME, Microsoft has been hard at work getting your fridge, phone, and computer to talk to each other -- with zero configuration! Did we say phone? We meant tricorder.
3. Search (Bing)
MICROSOFT's Bing takes you beyond information retrieval. As a Decision Engine, it's just what Jean-Luc needs when deciding whether to enter Cardassian space or not.
Seriously: The fundamental technologies to “talk to your [handheld device] and display search results on a television” have been around for years and years now, but it’s not really a compelling use-case and furthermore takes real vision and commitment to deliver this as part of a really usable experience, something that has not really been Google or Microsoft's strong suit.