I’ve already posted a video demo of tabletop technology, which relates to the recent announcement at D, which has been covered extensively elsewhere.

Engadget roundup here.

TechCrunch profile here.

Video demo here.

Now imagine if the table display integrated 3d holographic display technology like SeeReal Technologies is developing. So, you could essentially navigate and compute in a 3D space with your hands. Now imagine if this technology integrated seamless voice recognition and gesture recognition technology too. That would be a killer-app.

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Console video games are expected to be a $40 billion business by 2010.

The average Playstation 2 game costs $8 million to develop, while PS3 games cost $15-20 million.

[Source: Slate]

In comparison, movie ticket sales generated $9.16 billion in 2006, and DVD sales generated a total of $18 billion, a number that is expected to flatten in coming years.
[Source: The Numbers, and Business Week]

According to Faith Popcorn, there are almost as many Chinese learning English in China, as there are people who can speak English living in the US, UK and Canada combined.

Incidentally, one of the hottest cosmetic surgery procedures in China is a tongue snip, which helps with English pronunciation. [via BBC]