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Expressive Pixels: A new visual communication platform to support creativity, accessibility, and innovation
The need to express oneself is innate for every person in the world, and its roots run through art, technology, communication, and the acts of learning and building things from the ground up. It’s no coincidence, then, that a new…
In the news | Windows Blog
Microsoft Expressive Pixels: a platform for creativity, inclusion and innovation
You’re sitting at your PC, at home, working remotely. You’ve got a partner who is doing the same. Without requiring you to even turn around, an LED display visible to anyone near you lights up an emoji: a stop sign.…
In the news | Rolls-Royce News
Technology breakthrough offers hope for people silenced by disability
Microsoft and other companies joined forces to help Rolls-Royce create new AI technology that will allow people with motor neurone disease (MND) to have a conversation in their own voice, even after they have lost the ability to speak.
In the news | Microsoft Sweden News
SkyView becomes first tourist attraction in the world with new 3D audio technology from Microsoft
The custom-made SkyView service is based on technology from Microsoft’s Soundscape service based on 3D audio technology that follows the user’s positioning and tells you what’s nearby.
In the news | How-To Geek
Windows 10 20H1 Will Let You Drag and Drop With Your Eyes
Microsoft just released Windows 10 Insider build 18932. This update features drag-and-drop for Eye Control, notification management improvements, and touch support when using smartphone screen mirroring. These features will arrive with Windows 10 20H1, expected for release around April 2020.
In the news | PCWorld
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much in terms of actual games,…
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft taps Windows 10 eye-tracking for new free games played with eyes alone
Microsoft has launched four free ‘Eyes First’ games that people with speech and mobility disabilities can play using eye movements. The new Windows 10 games were developed by Microsoft Research and include the Tile Slide puzzle, a memory game called…
In the news | HEXUS
Microsoft releases four eye-tracking API powered games
Microsoft has released four new games with eye-motion control. If you head on over to the Windows Store you will now find Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up and Maze are available to download for free. All the games require…
In the news | PC World
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much in terms of actual games, as…