As part of its ongoing investments in exploring how software-driven innovations might influence consumers’ lives over the next five to 10 years, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled a host of new and updated technologies in the Microsoft® Home. The latest scenarios on display in this unique concept facility, which first opened 12 years ago, highlight prototype devices and software designed to deliver enriched entertainment, information and communication experiences throughout the home.

“Technology is woven throughout the fabric of people’s daily lives, not only at work and school but increasingly in every room of their home,” said , director of the Consumer Prototyping and Strategy Team at Microsoft. “With the Microsoft Home, we strive to continuously re-imagine and extend the limits of what technology can do to make their daily activities more enjoyable, efficient and productive.”

Visitors to the Microsoft Home, located inside the company’s Executive Briefing Center on the Redmond campus, can experience consumer technology innovations that are likely to emerge in Microsoft and partner products over the coming decade. These new technologies are presented through hands-on scenarios that highlight the following themes: