Social Devices (2015 – 2019)

The Social Devices work stream explored how to enable the multiple devices we already have and already know how to use to act as companions to one another in meetings. We explored ways in which our computing devices could be dynamically aggregated and dis-aggregated to create user experiences that adapted to changing social and activity demands encountered throughout the day.

Features using this research shipped in Microsoft Teams meetings as Companion Mode and in Skype as TwinCam.

• Read the Garage Wall of Fame post about the Hackathon that lead to these features in Microsoft Teams: Mobile Sharing and Companion Experiences for Microsoft Teams Meetings (opens in new tab).
• See Microsoft Teams support documents at: Join a Microsoft Teams meeting on a second device – Microsoft Support (opens in new tab).
• See the Skype support documents at: How do I use TwinCam in Skype? | Skype Support (opens in new tab)