NUIverse: The killer app of an $8,000 tablet?
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Microsoft Surface researcher David Brown is working on a marvelous space app that shows of not only the multi-touch power of Microsoft Surface, but also the computational grunt of the Samsung SUR40 on which it runs (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
A NUIverse view of Saturn, with constellations enabled beyond (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
NUIverse renders the planet's surfaces (not only Earth's) in impressive detail (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Transparent disks placed on the surface can be moved to call up identifying details of the objects it covers (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
A NUIverse view of the Earth at night (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
A NUIverse view of Europe by night (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
The orbital paths of Jupiter's satellites (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
The orbital paths of Jupiter's satellites (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Familiar multi-touch gestures work pretty much as one would expect (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
The power of the SUR40 is put to great use, rendering thousands of on-screen objects (all the data in the app is supplied by NASA) at a time (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
The app has more advanced controls that can be tweaked with on-screen dials (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Fine control of a NUIverse dial, thanks to simple physics (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Combining dial-controls and multi-touch gestures results in all manner of subtle effects (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Earth-rise from the moon, reminiscent of the famous photo taken from Apollo 8 (Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
(Image: David Brown/Microsoft)
Article Summary
Could this be the killer app for ultra-spec tablets? Microsoft Surface researcher David Brown is working on a marvelous space app that shows off not only the multi-touch power of Microsoft Surface, but also the computational grunt of the Samsung SUR40 on which it runs - not to mention the majesty of the solar system we live in and the Universe beyond.
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