Video: Epson X-Desk interactive table takes on Microsoft Surface

One day, your computer will be a big-ass table with pictures of other people's kids all over it. We know it, Microsoft knows it and -- judging by its fancy X-Desk surface computer -- Epson knows it too.

The X-Desk works in much the same way as Microsoft's alternative, the Surface. An Epson projector positioned in the base of the table projects an image up towards a diffuser on the surface, while infrared Epson cameras beneath recognise objects and gestures.

Epson reckons it'll be used in retail outlets for interactive gadget comparisons, in bars and clubs for interactive cocktail menus, in hotels for checking into rooms, and in houses of the future for looking at pictures of other people's kids. You know the sort of thing.

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