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Looks like our friends in Redmond, Washington are at it again with the globular display simply known as the Sphere.  The Sphere is like Microsoft’s Surface, literally taken to the next dimension. 

It was developed by Global Imagination, and customized by Microsoft.  It is expected to make its first public experience today at Microsoft’s Faculty Summit, but the Seattle PI was given a first look.  I have included a YouTube video of a spokesman demonstrating its features below. 

One of these features is a photo viewer that allows some interesting dragging capabilities.  In fact, if the user puts his or her hand on the photo, it will be instantly transported to the other side of the big silver ball. 

It also can project a globe that the user can spin just like a real one.  The video capability is also quite interesting as a user can take footage from a 360-degree camera and “spin” it to get whatever angle he or she wishes. 

It even has this weird pong game done in three dimensions where the ball is stopped with a person’s hand, but this didn’t look easy to play.  However, I can’t wait to see the possibilities of spherical video games. 

I believe the company is considering using the Sphere for public terminals. If one person is using the Sphere on one side, the other person cannot see what’s on the other side, thereby guaranteeing complete privacy.

Well, I’m sure Microsoft is still toying with this one.  We’ll see if it comes into the general market soon. 

Via [Engadget]