R. Li (UW), T. Seyed, N. Marquardt, E. Ofek. S. Hodges, M. Sinclair, H. Romat, M. Pahud, J. Sharma, W.A.S. Buxton, K. Hinckley and N. Riche

AdHocProx: Sensing Mobile, Ad-Hoc Collaborative Device Formations using Dual Ultra-Wideband Radios

To appear at CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany

Y. Tao (Stanford), C.Y. Wang (Cornell), A.D. Wilson, E. Ofek and M. Gonzalez-Franco

Embodying Physics-Aware Avatars in Virtual Reality

To appear at CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany

V. Ranganeni, M. Sinclair, E. Ofek, A. Miller, J. Campbell, A. Kolobov & E. Cutrell

Exploring Levels of Control for a Navigation Assistant for Blind Travelers

To appear at Human-Robot Interaction 2023, Stockholm, Sweden

Video, Paper, arXiv version

C.Y. Wang, E. Ofek, D. McDuff, Oron Nir, S. Vemprala, A. Kapoor, M. Gonzalez-Franco

CityLifeSim: A High-Fidelity Pedestrian and Vehicle Simulation with Complex Behaviors

IEEE ICIR 2022

Video, Paper, Github code

J. Lee, R. Natarrajan, P. Panda, S. Rodriguez & E. Ofek

RemoteLab: Virtual Reality Remote Study ToolKit

UIST 2022, Article No.: 51, pp 1–9

https://doi.org/10.1145/3526113.3545679

Paper, Open-Source project

M. Gonzalez-Franco, Z. Egan, M. Peachey, A. Antley(MS), T. Randhavane (MS), P. Panda (NC State U), Y. Zhang, D. F. Reilly (Dalhousie U), T. C Peck (Davidson College), A. Stevenson Won (Cornell), C. Y. Wang (Cornell), A. Steed (UCL) and E. Ofek

MoveBox: Democratizing MoCap for the Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library

AIVR 2020

Paper, Talk

B. Cohn, A. Maselli, E. Ofek and M. Gonzalez-Franco

SnapMove: Movement Projection Mapping in Virtual Reality

AIVR 2020

Paper,  Talk

T. Gesslein, V. Biener, P. Gagel, D. Schneider, E. Ofek, M. Pahud, P.O. Kristensson and J. Grubert 

Pen-based Interaction with Spreadsheets in Mobile Virtual Reality

ISMAR 2020

arXiv, Video, VentureBeat “Researchers bring Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel into VR“

V. Biener, D. Schneider, T. Gesslein, A. Otte, B. Kuth,,  P.O. Kristensson, E. Ofek, M. Pahud, and J. Grubert 

Breaking the Screen: Interaction Across Touchscreen Boundaries in Virtual Reality for Mobile Knowledge Workers

ISMAR Nov 2020

arXiv, Video, IEEE ISMAR 2020 presentation, DOI

R. Kovacs, E. Ofek. M. Gonzalez-Franco, S. Marwecki, C. Holz, and M. Sinclair  

Haptic PIVOT: On-Demand Handhelds in VR

UIST 2020

Paper, Video

UploadVR: “Microsoft’s ‘PIVOT’ Haptics Research Could Make Throwing A Ball In VR More Believable”

Gizmodo: “These Wrist-Worn Hammers Swing Into Your Hands So You Feel Virtual Objects”

Engadget: “Microsoft explores realistic VR haptics with a wrist-mounted gadget”

Yahoo: Microsoft explores realistic VR haptics with a wrist-mounted gadget“

M. Gonzalez Franco, M. Sinclair, and E. Ofek

Asymmetry of Grasp in Haptic Perception

To Appear: ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 2020 (SAP ’20) | September 2020

Project, Talk

DOI: 10.1145/3385955.3407934

E. Ofek, J. Grubert (Coburg), M. Pahud, M, Phillips (Coburg), and Per-Ola Kristensson (Cambridge)

Towards a Practical Virtual Office for Mobile Knowledge Workers

Symposium on The New Future of Work 2020 (NFW’20)

Paper, BibTex, Video

M. Gonzalez Franco (MSR), B. Cohn (USC), D. Burin, E. Ofek (MSR), and A. Maselli

The Self-Avatar Follower Effect in Virtual Reality

IEEE VR 2020 Best Paper Candidate.

Paper, BibTex, Project

R. Gruen, E. Ofek, A. Steed (UCL), R. Gal, M. Sinclair & M. Gonzalez Franco

Measuring System Visual Latency through Cognitive Latency on Video See-Through AR devices. 

IEEE VR 2020 Honorable Mention paper (Top 5 papers)

Paper, BibTex, Project

M. Gonzalez-Franco (MSR) , A. Steed (UCL), S. Hoogendyk (Microsoft) and E. Ofek (MSR).

Using Facial Animation to Increase the Enfacement Illusion and Avatar Self-Identification. 

IEEE VR 2020

Project

D. Schneider  (Coburg), A. Otte (Coburg), A. S. Kublin (Coburg), P. O. Kristensson  (Cambridge),  E. Ofek (MSR), M. Pahud (MSR), A. Martschenko (Coburg) and J. Grubert (Coburg)

Accuracy of Commodity Finger Tracking Systems for Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays.

IEEE VR Poster 2020

A. F. Siu (Stanford), M. Sinclair, R. Kovacs, C. Holz, E. Ofek & E. Cutrell.

Virtual Reality Without Vision: A Haptic and Auditory White Cane to Navigate Complex Virtual Worlds. 

CHI 2020 Honorable Mention paper

Paper, Video, Project, MSR Blog, CHI 2020 Talk – Alexa F. Sui 

Scientific American: “Virtual Reality Has an Accessibility Problem”

S. Marwecki (MSR & Hasso Plattner Institute, U. of Potsdam), A. Wilson, E. Ofek, M. Gonzalez Franco and C. Holz

Mise-Unseen: Using Eye Tracking to Hide Virtual Reality Scene Changes in Plain Sight. 

UIST 2019

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog, 

DOI:10.1145/3332165.3347919

Upload: “Microsoft Researchers Explore Eye Tracking Uses For VR”

Engadget: “Microsoft’s latest VR experiment is a literal walk in the park”

J. Yang (Stanford & MSR), C. Holz, E. Ofek and A. Wilson

DreamWalker: Substituting Real-World Walking Experiences with a Virtual Reality. 

UIST 2019

DOI:10.1145/3332165.3347875
Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog, 

ArsTechnica:  “Microsoft’s DreamWalker VR turns your daily commute into a totally different one”

RoadToVR: “Microsoft ‘DreamWalker’ Experiment Takes First Steps into Always-on World-scale VR”

Engadget: “Microsoft’s latest VR experiment is a literal walk in the park”

Gizmodo: “Microsoft’s Over-the-Top VR Rig Lets You Explore a Virtual World While Walking IRL”

MSN:  “Microsoft DreamWalker project takes VR technology outdoors “

ZDnet: “Dream or nightmare? Microsoft’s VR swaps your real walking route for a virtual one”

DailyMail: “Microsoft reveals its DreamWalker VR rig that lets users explore a virtual world while walking around in real life”

M. Sinclair, E. Ofek, M. Gonzalez-Franco and C. Holz

CapstanCrunch: A Haptic VR Controller with User-supplied Force Feedback.

UIST 2019 Honorable Mention demo

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog,  DOI:10.1145/3332165.3347891

Engadget: “Microsoft’s latest VR experiment is a literal walk in the park”

Upload: “Microsoft Shows Off Force Resistance VR Grasping Feature Prototype”

WinBuzzer: “Microsoft Research Reveals CapstanCrunch VR Haptic Control Method”

D. Schneider¹, A. Otte¹, T. Gesslein¹, P. Gagel¹, B. Kuth¹, M. S. Damlakhi¹, O. Dietz¹, E. Ofek², M. Pahud², P. O. Kristensson³, J. Muller⁴ and J. Grubert¹  

¹ Cuborg University, ² Microsoft Research ³ Cambridge ⁴ Bayreuth

ReconViguRation: Reconfiguring Physical Keyboards in Virtual Reality.  

ISMAR 2019, Best Paper Award

Paper, Video

Y. Zhao (Cornell Tech & MSR), E. Cutrell, C. Holz, M. Ringel Morris, E.Ofek and A. Wilson

SeeingVR: A Set of Tools to Make Virtual Reality More Accessible to People with Low Vision. 

CHI 2019.

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog, A Demo at Microsoft Research’s Faculty Summit 2019

DOI: 10.1145/3290605.3300341

Engadget: “Microsoft is making VR better for those with vision problems” 

RoadToVR: “Microsoft Aims to Improve VR for Users with Vision Problems”

Scientific American: “Virtual Reality Has an Accessibility Problem”

J. Lee (Kaist & MSR), M. Sinclair, M. Gonzalez-Franko, E. Ofek and C. Holz

TORC: A Virtual Reality Controller for In-Hand High-Dexterity Finger Interaction. 

CHI 2019.

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog,

DOI:10.1145/3290605.3300301

VentureBeat: “Microsoft’s TORC will let you feel squeezable objects in AR and VR”

UploadVR: “Microsoft Shows Off Haptic VR Controller, Simulates Grabbing With Thumb & Two Fingers”

P. Abtahi (Stanford & MSR), M. Gonzalez-Franco, E. Ofek, A. Steed (UCL)

I’m a Giant: Walking in Large Virtual Environments at High Speed Gains. 

CHI 2019.

DOI:10.1145/3290605.3300752

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog

J. Hartmann (Waterloo & MSR), C. Holz, E. Ofek, & A. D. Wilson

Reality Check: Blending Virtual Environments with Situated Physical Reality. 

CHI 2019.

DOI:10.1145/3290605.3300577

Paper, Video

L-P. Cheng (HPI), E. Ofek, C. Holz & A.D. Wilson

VRoamer: Generating On-The-Fly VR Experiences While Walking inside Large, Unknown Real-World Building Environments. 

IEEE VR 2019

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog

C. Holz & E. Ofek

Doubling the Signal Quality of Smartphone Camera Pulse Oximetry Using the Display Screen As a Controllable Selective Light Source.. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’18)  2018

Paper

I. Choi (Stanford), E. Ofek, H. Benko, M. Sinclair and C.Holz

CLAW: A Multifunctional Handheld Haptic Controller for Grasping, Touching, and Triggering in Virtual Reality. 

CHI 2018

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog,

DOI:10.1145/3173574.3174228

Cited by more than 150 publications

Engadget (“Microsoft’s mad scientists are making AR more tactile”), Co. Design (“Crazy Microsoft is the best Microsoft”), Gizmodo, Road To VR

VR Times: “The Best Haptic VR Devices and Innovations for the Real Feel in VR Environments”

E. Strasnick (Stanford), C. Holz, E. Ofek, M. Sinclair and Hrvoje Benko

Haptic Links: Bimanual Haptics for Virtual Reality Using Variable Stiffness Actuation . 

CHI 2018

Paper, Video,  Microsoft Research Blog,

DOI:10.1145/3173574.3174218

Engadget (“Microsoft’s mad scientists are making AR more tactile”), Co. Design (“Crazy Microsoft is the best Microsoft”), Gizmodo, Road To VR,  Slashgear, VRScout

VR Times: “The Best Haptic VR Devices and Innovations for the Real Feel in VR Environments”

E. Whitmire (UW), H. Benko, C. Holz, E. Ofek and Mike Sinclair

Haptic Revolver: Touch, Shear, Texture, and Shape Rendering on a Reconfigurable Virtual Reality Controller. 

CHI 2018 Best Paper: Honorable Mentioned

Paper, Video. Microsoft Research Blog,

Cited by more than 150 publications

Engadget (“Microsoft’s mad scientists are making AR more tactile”), Co. Design (“Crazy Microsoft is the best Microsoft”), Gizmodo, Road To VR

J. Grubert (Cuborg), L. Witzani, E. Ofek, M. Pahud, M. Kraz and P.O. Kristensson (Cambridge)

Effects of Hand Representations for Typing in Virtual Reality

IEEE VR Mar. 2018

Paper, Video, Microsoft Research Blog

J. Grubert (Cuborg), L. Witzani, E. Ofek, M. Pahud, M. Kraz and P.O. Kristensson (Cambridge)

Text Entry in Immersive Head-Mounted Display-based Virtual Reality using Standard Keyboards. 

IEEE VR Mar. 2018

Paper, Video,  Microsoft Research Blog

L. P. Cheng (HPI) E. Ofek, C. Holz, H. Benko & A. D. Wilson

Sparse Haptic Proxy: Touch Feedback in Virtual Environment Using a General Passive Prop.

CHI 2017

Cited by more than 130 publications

J. Grubert (Cuborg), E. Ofel, M. Pahud,

GlassHands: Interaction Around Unmodified Mobile Devices Using Sunglasses. 

ACM ISS 2016

Paper, Video, msPowerUser (“Microsoft’s latest Human Interaction Research will blow your mind”) , CMWinBuzzer, IT News

H. Benko, C. Holz, M. Sinclair, E. Ofek
NormalTouch and TextureTouch: High-fidelity 3D Haptic Shape Rendering on Handheld Virtual Reality Controllers
UIST 2016 Honorable Mentioned paper,

Paper, Video
Wired UK, Digital Thrends, Road to VR, Makezine

Cited by more than 200 publications

B.  Nuernberger, E. Ofek, H. Benko &  A. D. Wilson
SnapToReality: Aligning Augmented Reality to the Real World. 

CHI 2016
Paper, Video

M. Azmandian, M. Hancock, H. Benko, E. Ofek, A. D Wilson
Haptic Retargeting: Dynamic Repurposing of Passive Haptics for Enhanced Virtual Reality Experiences. 
CHI 2016 (Best video)
Paper, Video, Gamasutra, TechSpot, Wearable

Cited by more than 300 publications.

H. Benko, E. Ofek, Feng Zheng & A. D. Wilson 

FoveAR: Combining an Optically See-Through Near-Eye Display with Projector-Based Spatial Augmented Reality
UIST 2015

paper, video

B. Ens (Manitoba), E. Ofek, N. Bruce (Manitoba) & P. Irani (Manitoba)
Spatial Constancy of Surface-Embedded Layouts across Multiple Environments
The ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI)  2015

Video

J.Wilk, D. Molnar, E. Ofek, C. Rossbach, B. Livshits, A. Moshchuk, H.J.Wang & R. Gal

SurroundWeb: Mitigating Privacy Concerns in a 3D Web Browser. IEEE Security & Privacy 2015

Video, Tech Report

Selected media coverage:

BBC (TV coverage), Gizmodo, PCWorld, The Telegraph, SlashGear, Daily Mail

T. Nguyen, M. Thaoduyen, S.Iqbal  & E. Ofek

The Known Stranger: Supporting Conversations between Strangers with Personalized Topic Suggestion

CHI 2015

Paper

R. Gal, L. Shapira, E. Ofek, & P. Kohli

FLARE: Fast Layout for Augmented Reality Applications.

IEEE ISMAR 2014

Paper, Video

S. Jana, D. Molnar, A. Moshchuk, A. Dunn, B. Livshits, H. J. Wang, & E. Ofek

Enabling Fine-Grained Permissions for Augmented Reality Applications With Recognizers. 

22nd Usenix Security Symposium 2013

Y. Eshet, S. Korman, E. Ofek & S. Avidan

DCSH – Matching Patches in RGBD Images. 

IEEE ICCV 2013

Paper

L. D’Antoni, A. Dunn, S. Jana, T. Kohno, B. Livshits, D. Molnar,
A. Moshchuk, E. Ofek, F. Roesner, S. Saponas, M. Veanes & H. J. Wang

Operating System Support For Augmented Reality Applications

The 14th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS XIV), 2013, New Mexcio, USA

Paper

E. Ofek, K. Strauss & S.T. Iqbal

Reducing Disruption from Subtle Information Delivery during a Conversation: Mode and Bandwidth Investigation. 

CHI 2013.

 Paper

M. Kroepfl, Y. Wexler & E. Ofek

Efficiently Locating Photographs in Many Panoramas. 

ACM SIGSPATIAL 2010 

TED talk by Blaise Aguera y Arcas |  Geek in Disguise |  Search Engine Land | Tech Flash | Bing Blog | Flickr

B. Zhang, Q. Li, H. Chao, B. Chen, E. Ofek & Y.Q. Xu

Annotating and Navigating Tourist Videos. 

ACM SIGSPATIAL 2010

B. Epshtein, Y. Wexler & E. Ofek 

Detecting Text in Natural Scenes with Stroke Width Transform. 

IEEE CVPR 2010 (Oral – Top 10%)

Video of the CVPR talk ( Cited by more than 1800 publications).

R. Gal (Tel Aviv), Y. Wexler, H. Hoppe, E. Ofek & D. Cohen-Or

Seamless Montage for Texturing Models. 

EuroGraphics 2010

Paper     Supplimental Materials    Optimization Animation

 Cited by more than 150 publications

B. Chen, B. Neubert, E. Ofek, O. Deussen & M. F. Cohen

Integrated Videos and Maps for Driving Directions.

 UIST 2009

Paper Video

T. Yamaguchi, B. Wilburn , Z. Cao & E. Ofek
Video-based modeling of dynamic hair.   

Pacific-Rim Symp. on Image & Video Technology 2009, Tokyo, Japan

Video

P. Mishra, E. Ofek & G. Kimchi
Validation of Vector Data using Oblique Images
ACM SIGGIS 2008, CA USA (Full Paper)

B. Epshtein, E. Ofek, Y. Wexler and P. Zhang

Hierarchical photo organization using geo-relevance. ACM GIS 2007 (Full paper)

Paper

N.Li, N. Moraveji, H. Kimura and E. Ofek

Improving the Experience of Controlling Avatars in Camera-Based Games Using Physical Input

The 14^th ACM Int. Conf. on Multimedia, Santa Barbara, CA 2006

Paper, Videos – Whack-a-mole, Boxing (RT, using 2D camera).

H. Jiang, E. Ofek, N. Moraveji and S. Yuanchun

Direct Pointer: Direct Manipulation for Large Display Interaction using Handheld Cameras. 

ACM CHI  2006

Paper    Video

B. Chen (Stanford), E. Ofek, H. Shum and M. Levoy (Stanford)

Interactive Deformation of Light Fields. 

ACM SIGGRAPH I3D  2005

Paper   Video

X. Cao, E. Ofek, and D. Vronay

Evaluation of Alterantive Presentation Control Techniques

ACM CHI 2005

C. Fehn, P. Kauff, M. Op de Beeck, F. Ernst, W. IJsselsteijn, M. Pollefeys, L. Van Gool, E. Ofek and I. Sexton

An Evolutionary And Optimized Approach On 3D-TV. Proc. of IBC, Sep.  2002. Vol 2. pp. 357-365

Cited by more than 220 publications.

A. Redert, M. Op de Beeck, C. Fehn, W. IJsselsteijn, M. Pollefeys, L. J. Van Gool, E. Ofek, I. Sexton & P. Surman

ATTEST: Advanced Three-dimensional Television System Technologies. 3DPVT 2002

Cited by ~300 publications.

M. Pahud, E. Ofek, N. H. Riche, M. C. Hurter (ENAC) and J. Grubert (Coburg)

Mobiles as Portals for Interaction with Virtual Data Visualizations. 

Data Visualization on Mobile Devices Workshop 2018

Paper

Yamagami, M., Junuzovic, S., Gonzalez-Franco, M., Ofek, E., Cutrell, E., Porter, J., Wilson, A. and Mott, M.

Two-In-One: A Design Space for Mapping Unimanual Input into Bimanual Interactions in VR for Users with Limited Movement

arXiv:2108.12390