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Microsoft Research wants to bring high-quality, mobile VR to all of our devices

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 11:22:01 +0000

Forget your Rifts and Vives; Microsoft Research wants to bring that kind of high-quality virtual reality to your mobile phone. A new algorithm developed by the team can do just that and mask latency. Read more...

Microsoft's researchers want to 'solve' cancer within 10 years

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:10:01 +0000

Microsoft may soon be known for a lot more than just its operating system. The company's researchers are combining big data, biology and machine learning to help fight cancer, with promising results. Read more...

Let Microsoft Research give you 'virtual hands' and touch the VR world

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:18:01 +0000

Motion tracking in VR is never easy and hand-tracking is particularly hard. But Microsoft can now give you 'virtual hands' with its new Handpose algorithm, so you can experience more immersive VR. Read more...

Microsoft's Platypus can help robots locate and identify you

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:34:01 +0000

Microsoft Research has developed a system that passively monitors the environment for electrical potential changes. Using that, it can find humans and identify them with up to 94% accuracy. Read more...

New implementation of 3D Touch gets demoed by Microsoft Research

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 06 May 2016 08:28:01 +0000

A Microsoft Research project has breathed new life into the 3D touch feature which was originally supposed to launch alongside the Nokia McLaren Windows Phone. The new tech was demoed in a video. Read more...

Nauseous when using VR? Microsoft is working on a cheap fix for that

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 04 May 2016 09:10:01 +0000

VR headsets can easily make users experience nausea and headaches, but Microsoft has a novel solution that seems to address the problem. And the best part is that it would be very cheap to implement. Read more...

You can actually touch Minecraft blocks in VR thanks to Microsoft Research

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 04 May 2016 08:06:01 +0000

Researchers at Microsoft are experimenting with ways of making virtual reality a bit less virtual and a bit more real, by allowing users to feel the digital objects they're interacting with. Read more...