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Expressive Pixels: A new visual communication platform to support creativity, accessibility, and innovation
The need to express oneself is innate for every person in the world, and its roots run through art, technology, communication, and the acts of learning and building things from the ground up. It’s no coincidence, then, that a new…
In the news | Windows Blog
Microsoft Expressive Pixels: a platform for creativity, inclusion and innovation
You’re sitting at your PC, at home, working remotely. You’ve got a partner who is doing the same. Without requiring you to even turn around, an LED display visible to anyone near you lights up an emoji: a stop sign.…
In the news | Rolls-Royce News
Technology breakthrough offers hope for people silenced by disability
Microsoft and other companies joined forces to help Rolls-Royce create new AI technology that will allow people with motor neurone disease (MND) to have a conversation in their own voice, even after they have lost the ability to speak.
In the news | Microsoft Sweden News
SkyView becomes first tourist attraction in the world with new 3D audio technology from Microsoft
The custom-made SkyView service is based on technology from Microsoft’s Soundscape service based on 3D audio technology that follows the user’s positioning and tells you what’s nearby.
In the news | How-To Geek
Windows 10 20H1 Will Let You Drag and Drop With Your Eyes
Microsoft just released Windows 10 Insider build 18932. This update features drag-and-drop for Eye Control, notification management improvements, and touch support when using smartphone screen mirroring. These features will arrive with Windows 10 20H1, expected for release around April 2020.
In the news | Fossbytes
You Can Play These New Microsoft Games Using Just Your Eyes
We have seen Microsoft work on several products for the specially-abled such as the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Taking this initiative one step further, the company has released four new Eyes First games on Microsoft Store. These games run on Windows…
In the news | PCWorld
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much in terms of actual games,…
In the news | PC World
These four ‘Eyes First’ Windows games could do for eye tracking what Solitaire did for the PC’s mouse
Microsoft Research has published four “Eyes First” games, designed to help make eye tracking more of a mainstream technology for Windows 10 users. The Eyes First games—Tile Slide, Match Two, Double Up, and Maze—aren’t much in terms of actual games, as…
In the news | SoftPedia
Microsoft Launches Windows 10 Game That You Can Play with Your Eyes
Microsoft has released four games for Windows 10 that are specifically developed to be played with eye tracking systems. The four games, which are published in the Microsoft Store and are offered with a freeware license, aren’t just supposed to…