Research
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
We present LightRing , a wearable sensor in a ring form factor that senses the 2d location of a fingertip on any surface, independent of orientation or material. The device consists of an infrared proximity…
We develop novel eye-gaze tracking technologies in order to make eye-gaze tracking technology ubiquitously available for improved natural user interaction (NUI). In particular, we investigate two approaches: Active IR lighting: We investigate the possibility…
ViiBoard uses vision techniques to significantly enhance the user experience on large touch displays (e.g. Microsoft Perceptive Pixel) in two areas: human computer interaction and immersive remote collaboration. Simple Setup ViiBoard uses only an RGBD…
Smart selection is the task of predicting the span of text that a user intended to select after they touched on a single word on a touch-enabled device. The Smart Selection Dataset consists of crowd-sourced…
The Situated Interaction project, a research effort co-led by Eric Horvitz, a Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Redmond, and his colleague Dan Bohus, focuses on enabling many forms of complex, layered…
Gaurav Sharma appeared relaxed but focused in his purple hoodie on January 16, 2014. Less than 20 seconds later, Sharma, a 15-year-old from Lakeside High School in Seattle, found himself the owner of a Guinness…
On January 16, 2014, Microsoft researchers and Windows Phone engineers set out to challenge the Guinness World Records fastest text message using a touch-screen mobile phone record. Typing on a touchscreen device without having to…
Eventful helps produce news reports using hybrid crowds (online and offline). Eventful automatically recruits and guides crowd workers who attend events in person to perform information collection missions. Eventful explores and hopes to problematize the…
