When Microsoft Research produced its first gigapixel panorama of Seattle’s skyline in 2006, it was an amazing success in image compositing. But there was still something missing. “Although the panorama… Read More
What happens when you take an artist trained in computer science, and set him loose in a building with hundreds of top technology researchers? Microsoft is showing the results today… Read More
Microsoft Research today debuted a new tool called Office Remote that lets you control Office apps like Word, Excel and Powerpoint with a Windows Phone. It’s ideal for those using Microsoft… Read More
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University envision a new world in which hidden tags or watermarks will be embedded into everyday objects and revealed by scanners that take advantage… Read More
The setting was the annual student Design Expo at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, which is one reason the project called “Clashers” stood out: It’s an Android app, developed by… Read More
REDMOND — Peter Lee, the computer scientist who is assuming worldwide leadership of Microsoft Research, assured a crowd of university researchers this morning that the group’s mission isn’t changing as… Read More
REDMOND — Bill Gates has made public appearances at Microsoft relatively rarely since leaving his day-to-day role at the company five years ago, and in many cases his talks here… Read More
Microsoft is rolling out a new set of features for “Socl,” the social network from its Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs, saying it wants to give users new ways to… Read More
Why was a standout computer scientist from Jordan prevented from returning to the U.S. to defend his PhD thesis and take a job at Microsoft Research in Redmond, after the… Read More
Data-collecting sensors are all the rage in the tech industry right now. Microsoft Research is testing a new use for one of the most common sensors — using the smartphone… Read More
What makes a tweet go viral online? And what does a viral trend actually look like? Those are a couple of the questions that can be answered by a new… Read More
Microsoft’s experimental social network, Socl, is rolling out a new design and updated tools more closely aligned with what early users have been doing on the site, according to the… Read More
Microsoft Research today named noted computer scientist Jeannette Wing, the two-time head of Carnegie Mellon’s computer science department, to the position of vice president in charge of Microsoft Research International,… Read More
Motion tracking and gesture controls have become common with the rollout of Microsoft Kinect and other sensor-based devices. But what if the sensors were on your wrist, not across the… Read More
Microsoft plans to add 1,000 staff to its workforce in China over the next year, a move aimed bolstering its foothold in a key market with serious growth potential, Reuters reports. Ralph Haupter,… Read More
Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City, seeding it with a group of former Yahoo researchers who have made their mark in social networks, computational economics… Read More
Here’s another interesting project from Microsoft Research, blurring the lines between the physical and digital worlds using a Kinect sensor and a technology more commonly found in nightclubs. They call… Read More
The technologies shown at Microsoft Research’s annual “TechFest” science fair aren’t typically ready for public use. But one that emerged last week, dubbed Mayhem, is available for download, it’s an… Read More
Microsoft Research is showing a new project called “Cliplets” that lets users turn video clips into something closer to a moving still image by effectively freezing a portion of the… Read More
It’s a little like playing Pictionary with a search engine — drawing a sketch and seeing if the algorithm can return pictures that match it. That’s the concept behind Microsoft… Read More
This afternoon at the Microsoft TechForum event in Redmond, the company’s researchers showed a series of prototypes and demos in areas including advanced displays and augmented-reality applications. One of the… Read More
If the concept video shown by Microsoft last week demonstrated a path to the future, think of this project as one of the steps along the way. The company’s research lab… Read More
OK, so maybe this isn’t the greatest invention for society, but purely as a technological trick, it’s pretty neat. A group from the University of Washington has figured out how… Read More
It’s not nearly as big as the Holodeck, but a Microsoft Research project called “HoloDesk” will look very familiar to Star Trek fans. Except this is a real-life, working prototype… Read More
Microsoft researchers have come up with a way to make devices sensitive to touch input through fabric — for silencing a phone or even entering text without taking the device… Read More
Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary this week, now encompassing some 850 computer scientists. Its leader, chief research officer Rick Rashid, has been there since the beginning, having been… Read More
Here in Redmond this morning, Microsoft Research is marking its 20th anniversary as the company’s basic research unit. In addition to looking back at its work over the years, the… Read More
Can Microsoft Tiger take a bite out of Google? The Redmond company tonight released the first details of a collaboration between Microsoft Research and Bing engineers in China and the… Read More
Microsoft has traditionally separated its squadrons of executives into “corporate vice presidents” and “senior vice presidents” — the latter title naturally being reserved for the higher-ranking and more-experienced of the… Read More
You know you’re on to something in computer graphics when you get to explain in your research paper how you’ve advanced the state of the art beyond The Matrix: Reloaded and the Beowulf… Read More