Graphics and multimedia
Computing Natural Repetitions
Manifold Bootstrapping for SVBRDF Capture
Manifold bootstrapping is a new method for data-driven modeling of real-world, spatially-varying reflectance, based on the idea that reflectance over a given material sample forms a low-dimensional manifold. It provides a high-resolution result in both…
Rich Interactive Narratives
The Microsoft Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) research project combines traditional forms of storytelling with new visualization technologies to create compelling interactive digital narratives. The RIN project is an undertaking by Microsoft Research India in collaboration with…
Streetside
Streetside offers a true-to-life view of the street by seamlessly tranforming from close-up views to a multi-perspective panorama.
Design Expo Focus: Student Innovation
By Janie Chang, Writer, Microsoft Research Since 2003, Microsoft Research’s Faculty Summit Design Expo program has promoted interdisciplinary collaboration between the design and computer-science academic communities, while fostering closer ties between Microsoft and design schools.…
Terapixel Project: Lots of Data, Expertise
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How can you achieve the impossible? Easy—as long as you have the right people and the right tools. The Terapixel project from Microsoft Research Redmond is proof positive.…
Precomputed Wave Simulation for Real-Time Sound Propagation of Dynamic Sources in Complex Scenes
We present a method for real-time sound propagation that captures all wave effects, including diffraction and reverberation, for multiple moving sources and a moving listener in a complex, static 3D scene. It performs an offline…
