Second Light is a new development of MS research on Microsoft’s multi-touch device Surface. It basically allows to display additional information in some kind of hidden light layer above the Surface screen. That way, extra map layers, like labels, can be shown on top of a base map without covering geographic objects for instance. It seems to be an interesting option for visualizing and exploring geographic content – makes me wonder when we see Virtual Earth demoing on Surface.
The video below gives a quick demo of how Second Light works.
[via rolf generated content]
Update:
The All Points Blog covers Second Light too, along with other new GeoGoodies from Microsoft.
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