New Microsoft Office: Cloud? Check. Social? Check

17.07.2012

To end the presentation Microsoft showed what users can expect from its acquisition of Perceptive Pixel, which makes large, color, touchscreen displays for commercial and business use.

Microsoft showed how the screen can be used for video conferencing using its Lync collaboration software. A person can add participants to the meeting by dragging their pictures from a contacts list on the screen.

One person can load a PowerPoint presentation onto the screen, which participants on the conference call can then mark up using touch gestures on the display. If they want to take meeting minutes, someone can start OneNote and it will automatically fill in some basic information, such as the participants on the video conference and the documents they've been collaborating on.