Human-computer interaction
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Project
Worker Dispatch
This research project investigates the design of an open source peer economy platform designed with and for service providers. This project is an early prototype of a worker dispatch system. This app was developed using…
Microsoft Research Blog
Ideas blossom for using Microsoft HoloLens
By Dan Fay, Senior Director, Microsoft Research What would you create with a Microsoft HoloLens? Ask a group of gamers and you’ll likely get some cutting-edge suggestions for virtual reality shootouts, but beyond gaming there are…
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FoveAR: Combining an Optically See-Through Near-Eye Display with Projector-Based Spatial AR
Optically see-through (OST) augmented reality glasses can overlay spatially-registered computer-generated content onto the real world. However, current optical designs and weight considerations limit their diagonal field of view to less than 40 degrees, making it…
Microsoft Research Blog
Extensive crowdsourcing study reveals surprising results in reversal of platform design assumptions
By John Kaiser, Research News A 21-month study on the dynamics of crowdsourcing shows workers depend on collaborating with each other, upending platform designers’ long-held assumptions of crowdsourcing tasks performed in isolation. “People spend far…
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Sensing Tablet Grasp + Micro-mobility for Active Reading
The orientation and repositioning of physical artefacts (such as paper documents) to afford shared viewing of content, or to steer the attention of others to specific details, is known as micro-mobility. But the role of…
