Deep in the skunk works of its Research and Labs divisions, secreted around the Seattle area, Microsoft is working on totally reinventing the way people interact with their computers.
Very little is out in the open or in more than a prototype form, but the work is unquestionably being done
Last week it transpired that Microsoft is working on
building Kinect into the bezels of laptops, and after that, presumably, tablets and eventually mobile phones.
But it's not just about building out the install base for Dance Central 3It's enabling the next generation of awareness in our electronicsThe iPhone ushered in an era where our devices know when we touch them.
Microsoft is working on the next one, in which our devices will simply know us.