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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

SCRATCH Play supports DRAGON...

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At the launch event for the next generation of Surface in NYC today, Panos Panay from Microsoft showed a Carbon Dragon onstage... and SCRATCH Play running on a Surface Pro2 playing back Dragon R3D.

This new build of SCRATCH Play will be available from the ASSIMILATE websie tomorrow...for Mac and PC..

Lucas
 
mikeburton said:
Lucas, is this the BIG announcement that has been alluded to for the last few weeks?
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Yes... plus one thing that you couldn't see at the Microsoft event unless you were there...

We were using SCRATCH Play with Dragon footage, and powering a 4K display directly from the Surface Pro 2. A tablet device playing back true 4K from free software.

That was pretty cool.

Lucas
 
Very cool.
 
Lucas Wilson said:
We were using SCRATCH Play with Dragon footage, and powering a 4K display directly from the Surface Pro 2. A tablet device playing back true 4K from free software.
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Madness! I remember when we had to use a steam locomotive to do this! Nice work guys. Can't wait to check it out.
 
cool!
 
I was there as part of the launch event and I can say it's pretty rad to see the Surface 2 pushing out 6K Dragon .R3D's to a 4K display over mini display port through SCRATCH Play. That little tablet is a beast.
 
Lucas Wilson said:
Yes... plus one thing that you couldn't see at the Microsoft event unless you were there...

We were using SCRATCH Play with Dragon footage, and powering a 4K display directly from the Surface Pro 2. A tablet device playing back true 4K from free software.

That was pretty cool.

Lucas
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It would probably be even cooler, at least to some people, if you put an Apple sticker on the back of the Surface 2......
 
Scratch and the old Surface pro not the the new Surface Pro 2

Scratch and the old Surface pro not the the new Surface Pro 2

 
Lucas Wilson said:
At the launch event for the next generation of Surface in NYC today, Panos Panay from Microsoft showed a Carbon Dragon onstage... and SCRATCH Play running on a Surface Pro2 playing back Dragon R3D.

This new build of SCRATCH Play will be available from the ASSIMILATE websie tomorrow...for Mac and PC..

Lucas
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Who is Panos Panay and what is the significance of Carbon Dragon at a Microsoft event? Is Microsoft targeting Redusers now as the main market for the Surface? Speaking of a niche marketing.... ;)
 
The first gen Surface Pro was a pretty incredible device in its own right. My biggest issue with it was the sub-par 4-5 hour battery life. Thanks to Haswell it looks like they have gone ahead and brought it up to 7-8 hours while at the same time significantly improving performance. I would almost say that it is too powerful for a tablet though. Maybe something like the Vaio Tap 11 or next-gen Aspire P3 offers a better balance of performance and portability. They do offer a slightly slower Y series CPU, but that enables to get it down to a iPad/Android tablet-like chassis.

Either way, there are options in the Haswell Windows 8.1 tablet market.

Here's the on-demand video for the event: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/surface/surfaceevent.aspx. Skip to 14.10 for the Dragon bit.
 
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