Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
Project
Project Emma
Project Emma is a wearable device initially created to help a specific person suffering from Parkinson’s, Emma Lawton, to compensate for the intentional tremors in her hands. Project Emma is named after Emma, who was…
Podcast
New Microsoft Research Podcast invites you to log on, tune in and geek out
Microsoft Research Podcast Subscribe and listen on iTunes, android or email I’ve spent the better part of the last decade investigating the impact of digital media and technology on culture from an academic perspective. I…
Publication
Prayana: A Journey Towards Financial Inclusion
Project
Remnance of Form
Remnance of Form is an interactive installation, by the artist Sang-won Leigh, that explores the dynamic tension between an object and its shadow. By fusing light, projection, and motion technologies, the shadow can now detach…
Project
Microsoft Expressive Pixels
Expressive Pixels introduces an authoring app combined with open-source firmware, peripherals, documentation, and APIs that allow users and makers to create animations and then display them on a range of colorful LED display devices.
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Microsoft Hands-Free Music
The hands-free music project is a participatory design collaboration with members of the ALS community. Our mission is to restore critical expressive & creative channels for people severely affected by disabling conditions, such as ALS,…
Project
Microsoft Hands-Free Sound Machine
Microsoft Hands-Free Sound Machine is an eye-controlled, 16-step sound sequencer that provides users the ability to generate musical compositions via a combination of .wav and midi samples, and supports output to physical instruments as well…