At the recent Navy League conference, DRS Technologies demonstrated their Global Situational Awareness platform, a large multitouch table intended for use by Navy command.It's pretty cool application that allows multiple devices to share views, overlay a crazy assortment of map layers, play video feeds and much more.
Unlike many Surface applications, DRS's application is oriented toward a single user with menu options along the bottom and left-hand border. It seems pretty slick and would work well for a single user, probably a commander or tactical officer, but I can't help but feel that the single orientation of the device might be a handicap.
Imagine the user wanting to confer with others in a situation room or on the bridge, they would all need to align themselves with the users perspective to get a proper view of the application. Single orientation makes great sense for single user applications, but in this case it seems likely that more than one person will be viewing the screen at least some of the time.
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