{"id":724690,"date":"2021-06-10T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T22:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&p=724690"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:56:11","slug":"enable-experiences-group","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/enable-experiences-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable Experiences Group"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enable Experiences Group<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Our mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Enable Experiences Group is to improve the lives of people living with severe disabilities involving speech, mobility, communication, and expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe in the power of user-centered, participatory design. We believe that combining community, compassion, and commitment to a higher purpose with creative applications of technology and design to help break down barriers erected by disease and disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve real impact, we create new applications and services, hardware prototypes, and software libraries. We are deliberate in sharing all the work we do, so that others can use and build on what we have started to create sustainable impact for the communities we serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We focus on designing novel assistive and accessible technologies with the goal of ensuring everyone, including those living with extreme constraints, has access to creative pursuits, personal expression, and meaningful human connection with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play games with your eyes and learn eye tracking skills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reinvent and redefine music playing and making experiences.\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Expressivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Express, connect and share with others.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Demos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch our demo and tutorial videos to experience and learn the technologies.\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our collaborations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We bring people of different abilities together with researchers, designers and partner organizations, and through these relationships and partnerships, identify current challenges and develop new innovations and solutions. Together we empower people to explore and immerse themselves in creative and fun activities of their choice, independently and with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Game projects and experiences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We created Eyes First games to help people with speech and mobility disabilities to learn eye tracking skills in an easy and fun way. The games are powered by Windows 10 eye tracking APIs and can be used with or without Windows 10 Eye Control, a key accessibility feature for people with speech and mobility disabilities.\u200b Learn more about Windows 10 Eye Control and Windows eye tracking APIs in this Windows Blog (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore the Eyes First games from Microsoft and our amazing student and intern collaborators.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eyes First games are popular games reinvented for an \u201cEyes First\u201d experience. \u200bThe primary purpose of the Eyes First games is to introduce the basic skills of using Eye Tracking devices. This is especially useful for people who haven\u2019t used these devices before or haven\u2019t reached a point where they depend on an eye tracker for communication.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – Tile Slide<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Practice your skills by using your eyes to slide the tiles back into order to solve the puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Tile Slide ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – Match Two<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Exercise your mind and eyes with match two! Flip cards to reveal images, and match up all the pairs to win the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Match Two ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – Double Up<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use your eyes to slide all the tiles to collide like numbers to double them until you reach 2048 (or higher).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Double Up ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – Maze<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Learn how to dwell with your eyes and navigate Lunita through each maze to help her find her way home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Maze ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Student and intern game projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Check out these amazing eyes-first games created by our student and intern collaborators, including Pocket Variable (Tanmay Kulkani) and OccularFlow (Nayana Dasgupta, Farhan Mahmood, Guide Limjumroonra).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – Codebreaker<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use eye gaze to exercise your master mind and crack the code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Codebreaker ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eyes First – SubSweeper<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use eye gaze to sink all the submarines hidden on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download SubSweeper ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Of Mice and Messages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A fun pipe-based puzzle game designed for eye tracking users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download Of Mice and Messages ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Music projects and experiences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We believe in the power of music to connect, transform, and nurture the human spirit\u2014and we reject the notion that making music, performing live, playing instruments, expressing oneself through sound, and communing creatively with others are the exclusive domain of the able-bodied.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With hands-free music, we aim to restore, redefine and reinvent the music-making experience for people who are affected by speech and mobility disabilities.\u200b Explore hands-free music from Microsoft and our collaborators.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft hands-free music projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hands-free music are eye-controlled applications for music performance and composition. Our music project is a participatory design collaboration with members of the ALS community.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n