Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned as a reminder of the original Surface table, cool but too expensive.
What it is
A short video of a Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table, with a pointer to making a homemade multi-touch screen. It shows the original touch-table concept.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2015 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Cites facorreia · 2015-09 · on “A Screen Big Enough for Us”
> If we decided to build a touch screen device several times the size of the iPad Pro, it wouldn’t just be a new device, or even a new device category. It would be a completely new kind of experience with no comparison in the history of computing. Like the Microsoft Surface multimedia coffee table: [this video]
Cites DavidWanjiru · 2016-12 · on “Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business”
No, not this one. The one I'm talking about had people talking about the product and how you could use it. The part with the song I'm talking about was a food restaurant setting (as opposed to a bar setting) Edit: The one I have in mind was more like this one in terms of setting - [this video]
Cites mrighele · 2025-10 · on “Board: New game console recognizes physical pieces, with an open SDK”
Reminds of Microsoft Surface, the original coffee table [1]. It was quite cool at the time, but too expensive for what could have been useful application. Hopefully for them, this will have more luck. On a side not, the website is completely blank on Firefox. [1] [this video]