Human-computer interaction
Redefining human experiences through innovations in research, design, and technology.
Tool
SeeingVR Toolkit
Current virtual reality applications do not support people who have low vision, i.e., vision loss that falls short of complete blindness but is not correctable by glasses. We present SeeingVR, a set of 14 tools…
Video
Canetroller: Enabling People with Visual Impairments to Navigate Virtual Reality with a Haptic and Auditory Cane Simulation
Traditional virtual reality (VR) mainly focuses on visual feedback, which is not accessible for people with visual impairments. We created Canetroller, a haptic cane controller that simulates white cane interactions, enabling people with visual impairments…
Video
Data Visualization: Bridging the Gap Between Users and Information
With the explosion of data available today, finding effective ways for humans to interact with that data represents an enormous opportunity for researchers. At present, the ability to understand the nuances of visualizing data extends…
Webinar
Data Visualization: Bridging the gap between users and information webinar
In this webinar led by Microsoft researcher Dr. Steven Drucker, Partner Research Manager and manager of the Visualization and Interactive Data Analysis (VIDA) Group, learn how information visualization provides an interactive bridge between the raw…
Publication
Embracing Digital Transformation as-a-Service
Group
Enable Group
We create technology innovations that improve the lives of people with disabilities. As part of this effort, we embrace the concept of universal design, where we aim to bring new experiences to all users with…
Publication
The Unbearable Modernity of Mobile Money
Project
Calc Intelligence
By Calc Intelligence, we mean the research goal of bringing intelligence to end-user programming, and in particular to spreadsheets.
Project
MSRGamut
GAMUT is a prototype to help people explore General Additive Models, an class of interpretable machine learning models. We’ve included an interactive web site which allows people to explore the models for different data sets.…