The Future of Writing
Researchers Highlight Collaborations with Kinect for Xbox 360
Microsoft researchers around the globe highlight research contributions to Kinect for Xbox 360 and collaborations with the team that developed the product.
Kinect Identity and Avatar: Now and Future
Microsoft Research Asia Assistant Managing Director Baining Guo, researchers Jian Sun and Lijuan Wang jointly introduces the projects of Kinect Identity that recognizes users, Avatar Kinect that tracks users’ facial expression, and 3D photo-real talking…
Programming Life
Life is a product of Living Software: programmable matter that orchestrates a range of remarkable functions, from the self-assembly of every organism on Earth, to the ability to recognise and fight pathogens, to creating intelligence,…
eHeritage
Microsoft Research Asia introduces the eHeritage program, which preserves cultural heritage through the application of advanced computing research and technologies.
A public right to hear: Understanding what it means and why it matters online
Microsoft Researcher Mike Ananny discusses what personal freedom is, its evolving importance in online environments, and the role big-data systems play this emerging field.
Mobile Indoor Navigation
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily find a particular store in a crowded shopping mall, or locate an office in an unfamiliar building, using just your cell phone? Feng Zhao, assistant managing director…
Old World, NUI World: The Future of Digital Interaction
Shahram Izadi, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Jamie Shotton and Tom Rodden discuss and demonstrate Natural User Interfaces during the 20th Anniversary event in Cambridge, UK.
This is Microsoft Research
Rick Rashid, Chief Research Officer, Microsoft Research, makes opening remarks at the Microsoft Research Redmond’s 20th anniversary event.