Photos: Bill Gates shows off 'TouchWall'

Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

By Andy Smith May 14, 2008, 5:00 AM PDT

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Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

At Microsoft CEO Summit 2008, Bill Gates shows off a new multi-touch user interface technology called TouchWall. The product developed by a joint effort between Microsoft Research and Office Labs creates touch-sensitive interfaces on vertical surfaces.rnrn

For more on Microsoft CEO Summit 2008, read Mary Jo Foley’s report. Photos are courtesy of Microsoft.

Russ Burtner, a user experience designer for the Office Labs team at Microsoft, takes a turn to show off the Microsoft TouchWall.

About 115 CEOs from Global 1000 companies in 26 countries heard Bill Gates at the Microsoft CEO Summit 2008.

Helping kick off Microsoft CEO Summit 2008 were Kevin Johnson, President, Platforms & Services Division (left), Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer (center), and Thomas Friedman, New York Times and presenter (right).

What CEO conference wouldn’t be thrilled to have Warren Buffet (right) attend. He’s speaking to Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft Business Division.

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