The Microsoft surface is unlike other touchscreens such as the iPhone in that the camera 'sees' you. It can see where your hand is, the gestures and orientation of your hand etc.
So imagine the MacProTouch can 'see you'. Microsoft research is thinking in this direction:
When you tilt your iPhone, it responds in kind, which is pretty cool for gaming.
Now imagine you don't have to tilt your MacProTouch at all. You simply face it while say standing in front of it, and by moving, you can affect what's on the screen.
Examples of this might be:
Video conferencing. You can freely move around as the camera follows you.
Gaming. A skiing game is a great example of this, by leaning to the left and right of a wall mounted MacProTouch, you can affect how the game is played.
If this was a widescreen entertainment version of the MacProTouch, imagine the experience of skiing down a virtual slope by applying correct pressure on your skis.
Creative/physical therapy: I want to discuss this topic in more detail, but imagine a virtual lump of clay on the MacProTouch screen. As the user gestures, depending on the tool he selects, he can cut, rotate, or mould the clay. It's an entirely new experience for artists, but it also opens up (along with gaming) a world of physical therapy not explored, because the movement is based on your gestures and interactions with the cam.
Iphone's don't leverage the capability and interaction possibilties of a webcam, but current laptops do come with one, so why not take this one step further with the MacProTouch.
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