3-D, Photo-Real Talking Head
Dynamic texture mapping helps bypass the difficulties in rendering soft tissues like lips, tongue, eyes, and wrinkles, moving us one step closer to being able to create a more realistic personal avatar.
Applied Sciences Group: Smart Interactive Displays
Steven Bathiche, Director, Microsoft Applied Sciences, shares his team’s latest work on the next generation of Smart Interactive Displays.
Faster Servers, Services with FlashStore
By Doug Gantenbein Memory has its faults—and not only the human variety. Hard drives, for instance, can hold terabytes cheaply. But they’re slow. Random-access memory (RAM) is fast but expensive, and data in RAM disappear…
FPGA Side-Channel Receivers
Prototyping with Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer
The Making of the Microsoft Touch Mouse
Microsoft Research and Microsoft Hardware collaborated to develop the Touch Mouse. Learn about the integration between hardware and software that makes the Touch Mouse come to life, from the people behind this gesture-enhanced mouse.