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Lei MA from Microsoft Research Asia, shows how to input characters into devices such as Xboxes and TVΓÇÖs using a low-cost Webcam using air gestures instead of standard keyboard & mouse input.

Don Syme discusses why F# is particularly useful when thinking about cloud applications and Windows Azure.

Streetside offers a true-to-life view of the street by seamlessly tranforming from close-up views to a multi-perspective panorama.

Make the Future Happen

The increasing availability of GPS-enabled devices is changing the way people interact with the web and brings a large number of GPS trajectories representing peoplesΓÇÖ location histories. GeoLife 2.

Microsoft Research Silicon Valley is ideally positioned to turn innovative ideas into market realities.

In existing online-advertisement platforms, the relevance between advertisers and users is decided largely by advanced keyword matching. With this, advertisers bid on images instead of keywords.

An exploration of how F# has been used to help develop key components of numerous Microsoft Research projects.

Michael Cohen, Principal Researcher from Microsoft Research Redmond explains his TechFest 2009 treasure hunt demonstration using Core Tools for Augmented Reality.

Microsoft ResearchΓÇÖs annual innovation fair, TechFest, draws thousands of Microsoft employees to view futuristic projects that grow out of the companyΓÇÖs global investment in basic research.

From archiving your memorabilia to new ways to communicate with your family, Principal Researcher Richard Harper from Microsoft Research Cambridge, demonstrates a suite of new household technologies.

This demo explores how to add pointing input capabilities to very small screen devices.

SenseCam is a wearable digital camera that is designed to take photographs passively, without user intervention, while it is being worn.

Microsoft Research Director of Software Architecture Jim Larus demonstrates a prototype datacenter for studying the tradeoffs of low-power processors in the datacenter.

Principal Researcher Zhengyou Zhang talks about improving audioconferencing through the use of audio spatialization at this yearΓÇÖs Microsoft Research TechFest.

Don Syme offers an overview of F#, its development, and its benefits.

Microsoft Researchers talk to a fortune teller about the future.

Kristin Tolle provides an overview of SenseCam and considers possible future applications.

TellTable, a system created in the Socio-Digital Systems group, utilizes Microsoft Surface technology to provide an interactive storytelling experience, similar to how children would tell stories

This screen capture presents a simulated organization which runs its processes through calls to the Smart Workflow Foundation.

The Research Information Centre (RIC) is a Microsoft Research sponsored project which facilitates research management by universities and other learning institutions using Microsoft technology.

The Research Information Centre (RIC) is a Microsoft Research sponsored project which facilitates research management by universities and other learning institutions using Microsoft technology.

The Chemistry Add-in for Word makes it easier to insert and modify chemical information, such as labels, formulas, and 2-D depictions, within Microsoft Office Word.

The Research Information Centre (RIC) is a Microsoft Research sponsored project which facilitates research management by universities and other learning institutions using Microsoft technology.

Our goal in the telephone-call scenario is to provide an aid for cross-language communication in the event that no other means of communication exists.

As video and still cameras have become almost ubiquitous, people are taking increasingly more photographs and videos of the world around them.

OneAlbum automatically finds relevant photos in my friends' albums on social networks or in shared albums, brings them to my album, and shows them side-by-side with the photos I've taken.

Andy Wilson, senior researcher and Hrvoje Benko, researcher, both from Microsoft Research explain their LightSpace research project.

Mobile devices have reached an impasse.