Microsoft Research in Redmond, an exclusive tour – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2011-12-28T17:06:06+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/2418440 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 TC. Sottek <![CDATA[To build a holodeck: an exclusive look at Microsoft’s Edison lab]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/28/2665794/microsoft-edison-lab-holodeck-tour 2011-12-28T12:06:06-05:00 2011-12-28T12:06:06-05:00
Josh at Microsoft Edison lab

Microsoft's working on some wild technology in its Redmond labs, and our own Joshua Topolsky recently toured the facilities to see the latest innovations. Today we're pleased to share our final segment - it's a mind-bending look at a suite of technologies that Microsoft is developing in order to create a holodeck-like experience.

Stevie Bathiche, director of research at Microsoft's applied sciences lab, says to "imagine a day where in your home, one wall is dedicated to being your magic wall. A wall where it can teleport you to another world without really going anywhere." Bathiche shows off a number of systems that aim to accomplish this v …

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]]> TC. Sottek <![CDATA[Inside Microsoft’s Envisioning Lab]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/27/2663620/microsoft-envisioning-lab-exclusive-tour 2011-12-27T12:23:04-05:00 2011-12-27T12:23:04-05:00
Josh at Microsoft Envisioning Lab

Our own Joshua Topolsky recently toured Microsoft's research campus, where the company's cooking up all kinds of crazy tech . Today we're pleased to share a look at Microsoft's Envisioning Lab, a space where the company shares innovations from its visions for the future.

In this clip, Microsoft's Harald Becker walks Josh through the lab, showing off a number of devices and concepts. Most notably, Becker shares a future vision for the Office suite - it's got a slick, free-flowing interface on a futuristic looking computer with numerous touchscreen monitors. With the exception of Microsoft's Segoe UI typeface and some Metro UI elements, the c …

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]]> TC. Sottek <![CDATA[A look at Kinect Fusion and Lightspace from Microsoft labs]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/21/2652055/kinect-fusion-lightspace-microsoft-building-99-exclusive-tour 2011-12-21T14:39:19-05:00 2011-12-21T14:39:19-05:00
Kinect Fusion and Lightspace Tour

As you might have seen in our second episode of On The Verge, our own Joshua Topolsky recently toured Microsoft's Building 99, where the company conducts a variety of wild research. Today we're pleased to share a look at Kinect Fusion and Lightspace - two technologies that bridge the physical and virtual worlds with sensors and imaging.

Kinect Fusion is a system that uses the Kinect's sensors to create an interactive, real-time 3D model of the environment - the demonstration shows virtual balls bouncing around on the objects captured and rendered directly from the real world. (It's not the first time we've seen the Kinect used for 3D modelin …

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]]> TC. Sottek <![CDATA[Inside Microsoft’s model shop, where prototypes are printed in 3D]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/20/2650157/microsoft-model-lab-3d-printing-video 2011-12-20T16:55:41-05:00 2011-12-20T16:55:41-05:00
Microsoft model lab screen grab

In last week's episode of On The Verge, our own Josh Topolsky visited Microsoft labs to scope out the facilities and see what the gang in Redmond is up to - we're now able to give you an extended look at Microsoft's model shop, where hardware prototypes for keyboards and other devices are designed and printed in 3D. Karsten Aagaard, user experience designer, says that the team tries to print 3D prototypes in "real-time" so that designers can work rapidly. If a prototype design is submitted at 5PM, the team endeavors to have them printed by the time the designers return the following morning.

Using various UV cured liquid epoxies, the printe …

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]]> Jordan Oplinger <![CDATA[Microsoft Research in Redmond, a personal tour (On The Verge 002)]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/14/2633599/microsoft-research-in-redmond-a-personal-tour-on-the-verge 2011-12-14T09:56:02-05:00 2011-12-14T09:56:02-05:00

Joshua Topolsky takes a tour of Microsoft Research in Redmond.

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