Microsoft Research Special Projects

2018年8月9日

If you’ve always wanted to watch fish swim past a data center with 27.6 petabytes of storage, stop surfing around as today is your lucky day. Microsoft has taken the oppor-tuna-ty to install a webcam next to its undersea data…

2018年6月6日

Microsoft is testing a shipping-container-sized datacenter that will provide cloud services from the bottom of the ocean. The years-long ‘Project Natick’ effort recently moved into its second phase of development, with a prototype deployed to the seafloor near Scotland’s Orkney…

2017年8月23日

Artificial intelligence eclipses cloud and mobile projects to win the day at Microsoft 2017 Hackathon. Watch For was the Grand Prize Winner at Microsoft’s One Week Hackathon 2017 among 18,000 participants. It also won the Garage Favorite Award at the Microsoft…

2017年8月23日

What started in 2014 as an experiment to engage employees has turned into a strategic tradition to help Microsoft establish itself at the leading edge of innovation. And this year, the hottest player at the Microsoft Hackathon was artificial intelligence.

2016年3月28日

The company is developing technology that can transmit 3D models of people anywhere in the world. Online video chatting is so last year: Microsoft now wants to connect far-flung family and friends through holograms. The company is developing technology that…

2016年3月28日

Whether you need to inform Obi-Wan he’s your only hope, or just want to hang out with loved ones who are far, far away, who hasn’t dreamed of a future involving holograms? Microsoft’s “holoportation” demo shows that it’s possible —…

2016年3月28日

Forget that galaxy far, far away. Microsoft’s Holoportation looks better than anything a droid could project. (If you don’t mind the headgear.) Watch Update below for a look at what it takes to transport yourself to another room as a…

2016年3月27日

Microsoft has made Star Wars-style holographic communication possible with its new HoloLens. The technology giant is yet to release the HoloLens as its technology experts continue to experiment with what it is capable of doing. But this latest feature has…

2016年3月26日

Microsoft Research shows off how HoloLens can bring distant family members into your living room. Last June Microsoft showed off its HoloLens tech that created holograms from live video. Now it’s putting that into practice and giving it an official…