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With the breakthrough, Microsoft Research says AI will be more democratized as it can be embedded onto all sorts of devices.

By using a divide-and-conquer AI system, Microsoft Research achieved the highest possible score on the all-time game classic. Maluuba used a series of AI agents on different tasks to achieve the game victory.

The Path Guide app is for indoor navigation and makes it easier for users to create, share, and use online navigate indoor environments.

A joint project between Microsoft Researchers in Asia and recently-acquired Maluuba is developing machine learning AI that can read and understand text, being able to answer and ask questions on the content.

Microsoft Research has shown how technology can help transform social science with concise data gathering and analysis. The team conducted the most thorough Prisoner’s Dilemma study every and found some interesting results.

Microsoft Research has opened documentation for the Aerial Informatics and Robotics Platform to developers and researchers. The platform contains a simulator to train AI to differentiate and anticipate, and a software library for simpler coding.

In a presentation at this year’s UIST’16 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, the Holoportation project was detailed by Shahram Izadi.

Seven employees of the Microsoft Research team are among 53 Association for Computing Machinery fellows for 2016. The program awards professionals who have made innovations and contributions to computing.

Looking ahead to next year and 2027, a group of 17 Microsoft Researchers have discussed what changes they see on the horizon. Included are deeper machine learning capabilities and virtual reality that which changes perceived reality.

A video from Microsoft Research shows how touchscreens and motion can be used to improve one-handed interactions on mobile devices, and make UI more intuitive.

In a new paper, Microsoft Research shows how offloading Virtual Reality frame rendering to a server and hiding high-latency response results in high-quality VR even on mobile devices.

A Microsoft Research project has revealed NormalTouch and TextureTouch, which rely on handheld devices to convey real-feeling haptic feedback within a VR environment.

Microsoft researcher David Rothschild has pulled data from Bing searches, betting sites and his own research, to correlate a 13% chance of Trump winning the election.

Bill Thies has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant and named as a 2016 fellow. He has been praised for his work in creating a way to better treat and track tuberculosis patients.

The DuoSkin device connects via NFC and gives the wearer connectivity and control options as a wearable. The idea is built from Microsoft Research’s Tattio, which was unveiled earlier in the year.

The algorithm allows for immersive high-quality telepresence in real time, allowing them to reconstruct challenging scenes. The researchers hope for future use in live broadcasting events, including sports and concerts.

The seventeenth Microsoft Faculty Summit takes place in Redmond, Washington and focuses on how computing innovations can contribute to increasing productivity in our business and society.

Microsoft’s new Handpose technology can change the way we interact with virtual reality, putting a real connection with objects and the environment inside VR worlds.

Microsoft’s research division has described uLink, which mirrors web URLs by offering deep links to mobile apps with minimal developer effort.

Two new papers produced by Microsoft Research show the company’s progress in making computer learning for video to language more advanced.