Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
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VIS 2016 and Microsoft Research
Microsoft was a Gold sponsor of the IEEE Information Visualization (InfoVis) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 23-28, 2016. Microsoft Research had several researchers attend and present at InfoVis. Learn more about our research presented…
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NormalTouch and TextureTouch: 3D Haptic Shape Controllers for Virtual Reality
NormalTouch and TextureTouch are mechanically-actuated handheld controllers that render the shape of virtual objects through physical shape displacement, enabling users to feel 3D surfaces, textures, and forces that match the visual rendering. Both controllers are…
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UIST 2016 and Microsoft Research
The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2016) was held in Tokyo, Japan, on October 16-19. Microsoft was a Gold sponsor and proud to have several researchers in attendance.
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The FedEx Problem
Consider the following setting: a customer has a package and is willing to pay up to some value v to ship it, but needs it to be shipped by some deadline d. Given the joint…
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CoSearch: A System for Co-located Collaborative Web Search
Video figure for CHI 2008 CoSearch paper.
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ShadowGuides: Visualizations for In-Situ Learning of Multi-Touch and Whole-Hand Gestures
ShadowGuides video figure from Tabletop 2009.
