Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
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Human Creativity Can be Enhanced Through Interacting With a Social Robot: New Directions for NLP, AI, HRI, and Ubiquitous Computing
As humans, we create art, music, machines, digital life – new ideas that have never been thought of before, and new ways of doing things. Science depends on the creative mind. So does the economic…
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Demo: Enhancing Smartphone Productivity and Reliability with an Integrated Display Cover
We describe a concept smartphone Display Cover, a secondary screen designed to improve productivity and convenience. Motivated by user research highlighting some of the limitations of current smartphones, the aim of this concept was to…
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Demo: A Versatile Controller Concept for Mobile Gaming
Popular games for smartphones and tablets focus on touchscreen-based interaction. Here we describe a speculative research exploration motivated by the desire to enable traditional gaming experiences on mobile devices by incorporating tactile input controls. The…
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Soundscape Kayaking Scavenger Hunt
Video of the Soundscape kayaking scavenger hunt done as part of the Microsoft summer hackathon. Learn more about Soundscape at https://aka.ms/Soundscape Download the App for iOS devices: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-soundscape/id1240320677?ls=1&mt=8
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New Frontiers in Imitation Learning
The ongoing explosion of spatiotemporal tracking data has now made it possible to analyze and model fine-grained behaviors in a wide range of domains. For instance, tracking data is now being collected for every NBA…
