News and Awards
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Optics for the Cloud – A New Approach to Data Centre Technology
In this video from PASC 2019, Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche from Microsoft presents: Optics for the Cloud – A New Approach to Data Centre Technology…
You Can Play These New Microsoft Games Using Just Your Eyes
We have seen Microsoft work on several products for the specially-abled such as the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Taking this initiative one step further, the company has released four new Eyes First games on Microsoft Store.…
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much in…
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much…
A conservative YouTube star just lost his income stream for homophobic slurs. Here’s what happened, and why
Tarleton Gillespie, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, discusses the content-moderation efforts of YouTube and other social media platforms.
Microsoft Launches Windows 10 Game That You Can Play with Your Eyes
Microsoft has released four games for Windows 10 that are specifically developed to be played with eye tracking systems. The four games, which are published in the Microsoft Store and are offered with a freeware…
Microsoft introduces eye-controlled games for those with mobility problems
Microsoft has introduced games for Windows 10 that can be controlled by players’ eyes in a bid to help people with speech and mobility difficulties. Microsoft has reinvented four classic games, which use eye-tracking technology…
Eye-controlled games come to PC for players with mobility problems
Games that can be controlled by players’ eyes have been introduced to Windows 10 in a bid to help people with speech and mobility difficulties. Microsoft has reinvented four classic games, which use eye-tracking technology…
Microsoft taps Windows 10 eye-tracking for new free games played with eyes alone
Microsoft has launched four free ‘Eyes First’ games that people with speech and mobility disabilities can play using eye movements. The new Windows 10 games were developed by Microsoft Research and include the Tile Slide…