It’s a new Chrome Experiment game for some multiplayer fun with your friends. ‘Roll It’ turns your Chrome browser into a classic boardwalk game and all you need is your smartphone and a desktop or laptop.

You start by logging in with a computer and smartphone. You will get a special code on the phone which has to be entered for syncing the device with the computer. Then you can use your handset as a controller to play the game which allows up to three players.

The game requires you to tap an arrow to aim and then flick the device up to toss the ball, the faster you flick the higher the ball goes. You will also get to play with power-ups. The graphics is running smoothly and, although Google is recommending a Chrome browser for controlling the game, other “modern Web browsers” can be used. But, apparently, the S2′s pre-installed Internet app wasn’t working.

Also they released earlier the ‘Racer’ game which allows you to play a racing game with five players on up to five mobile displays.

So, are you interested? Do share your thoughts about the games after you have played them.

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Source code found in a recent build of Windows 8.1 might hint at a new boot up option for the latest Windows update. Currently Windows 8 users are forced to boot to the tiled menu screen before heading to the desktop to get some actual work done. On a touch screen device this isn’t really an issue, but if you are using a track pad or mouse it’s an unnecessary extra step.

Russian site Windows Portal claims that code they have found might allow users to jump directly into the desktop in Windows 8.1. Those browsing through the code say that “twinui.dll” can be disabled and reactivated depending on which screen you wish to start from.

Already current users of Windows 8 are excited by this prospect, and those currently on Windows 7 have said they would be more likely to update if this feature is included in 8.1.

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It appears like the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds are getting thinner and thinner. Microsoft’s Applied Sciences team has shown off their prototype 3D desktop which allows you to interact with the objects on a transparent screen with something called “view-dependent, depth-corrected gaze”.

The team has been studying what things they can do with a transparent Samsung OLED screen and Microsoft’s Kinect technology, along with some special software. What they have come up with is a virtual desktop which can be manipulated with the hands in real-time.

As you will see in the video clip below, there is a keyboard behind the transparent screen which does the same job as your normal computer keyboard. But to interact with the desktop, instead of using a mouse, you just have to reach up and manipulate the virtual objects with your fingers. What makes this possible is the Kinect tech.

The Kinect sensors will track where your hand is and at the same time will also detect your head and eye position for delivering a 3D image with depth and perspective based on your position. But sometimes a short clip is better than a thousand words. So check out the video below and don’t forget to place your thoughts below.

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