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Milan can function as a public jukebox, as well. Consumers can add their own music selections to the public playlist with the touch of a finger. Five infrared cameras sense fingers or other objects that touch the surface, while a DLP projector turned on its side generates the screen image people see.

Photos can be easily sorted and shared on the tabletop computer. To resize a photo, users stretch two fingers apart. Pivot the fingers and the photo rotates. More than one person can interact with the computer at a time.

Milan, five years in the making, is the first of what Microsoft hopes will be a long line of "surface computers." It has a price tag approaching $10,000, not exactly consumer-friendly just yet.


A sample application on Milan lets users get directions or find destinations of interest.


Milan's touch-screen capabilities present all sorts of possibilities for visual effects.