Research
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
WritLarge is a prototype system from Microsoft Research for the 84″ Microsoft Surface Hub, a large electronic whiteboard supporting both pen and multi-touch input. WritLarge allows creators to unleash the latent expressive power of ink in…
Thumb + Pen Interaction on Tablets addresses the simultaneous, and complementary, use of pen & touch modalities for interaction in laptop scenarios, such as when using a Surface tablet on the couch, where the nonpreferred…
The EPIC (Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition) Research Group is an interdisciplinary group of researchers, engineers, scientists, and designers at Microsoft Research who address fundamental issues in Human-Computer Interaction through prototyping, system-building, design sketching, and…
Microsoft Research has long pioneered new techniques in digital pen input, including particularly its combination with multi-touch in a manner that reflects how people naturally use their hands. For example, in the real world people hold (“touch”)…
