New Display Technology at Microsoft
Microsoft uses the Center for Information Work (CIW) to explore advances in software development, in combination with prototype technology developed by CIW technology participants Sony, Acer and Intel. The Center offers a hands-on illustration of how these innovations will advance management of information fatigue, mobility and data analysis, as well as unify business processes and collaboration.
In the CIW model and prototype work environment, each employee workstation includes Sony 15- and 18-inch (viewable area, measured diagonally) flat-panel LCD monitors (models: SDM-S51/B and SDM-S81/B), lined up side-by-side across the desk to form a large display screen. Visitors can view content -- e-mail on one screen, documents on another, and video on the other. Microsoft BroadBench software allows them to drag-and-drop files from one Sony screen to the next to help multi-task, and manage the information flow and exchange.