Getting a glimpse of the spherical Microsoft Surface

The rumored spherical Microsoft Surface has made a quick guest appearance in a Microsoft Research promotional video. It’s only a two-second shot (minutes 3:57 to 3:59) in the video, but there it is: A spherical Surface. (Microsoft showed this video at its early March Microsoft Research TechFest, but I guess I wasn’t paying close enough attention to notice it. Istartedsomething blogger Long Zheng highlighted the You Tube TechFest clip.) Microsoft officials have been talking up the company’s plans to introduce more consumer-focused form factors of its Surface multi-touch tabletop. They’ve said future iterations of Microsoft’s Surface multi-touch technology will be available as part of next-generation PCs, cellphones, desks, kitchen counters and even walls in consumers’ homes over the next five…

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