Surface Computing – is this technology coming to a Real Estate office near you? Microsoft has announced its release of a new, ambitious technology they call ‘surface computing.’ Check out the table computing platform at http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html.

How can this technology change how we do business? Imagine you have a potential client coming from out of town and you schedule a one hour meeting at your office to see what’s available in the their price range. When they arrive you sit down at the Table PC and start pulling up property searches. As you search you can pull up endless photos and videos of multiple properties all at the same time. This is a truly a unique real estate experience and its available today!

Table computing surfaces have some very strong applications in the market. From sales centers in small resort areas were you could get walk in traffic and create a buzz to one on one meeting rooms. For the real estate industry, this is a way to have real estate applications running in social environments where people can browse and shop at their own convenience!

I’d love to hear your thoughts. I think we all need to start thinking – what does the future real estate office look like and how is technology fitting into this equation?

Will you be sitting down with a latté at the coffee table for your next real estate tour?

Check out videos on this Microsoft product at http://www.microsoft.com/surface/videos.html.