As you might have noticed, Microsoft just announced something that\u2019s been a pain to keep secret for many years.\u00a0 We\u2019ll sell an untethered, high performance mixed reality hmd with excellent environment+user sensing\/interpretation.\u00a0 It\u2019s called HoloLens.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually good.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the project\u2019s public site:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.microsoft. Anyway, we\u2019re looking for wonderful, ambitious research interns for this summer who are interested in mixed reality.\u00a0 Typically these will be PhD candidates, but there can be exceptions.\u00a0 The positions are paid, and the interns will work in a Microsoft Research location, most likely in Redmond, Washington.<\/p>\n There is so much to be explored!<\/p>\n What are some new user interface principles to be learned?\u00a0 We\u2019ve learned a lot but have only begun to test the amazing variety of new designs that are now possible.<\/p>\n What are some wonderful applications?\u00a0 There are fun ones, of course.\u00a0 Augment food for kids?\u00a0 What about education?\u00a0 Predict and visualize potential standing waves in any environment the user walks into?<\/p>\n What are some interesting physical locations for apps?\u00a0 \u00a0Clean rooms, to visualize the unclean?\u00a0 An archeological site?\u00a0 Combine with other sensors to show how WiFi signals propagate in a real location?<\/p>\n Can mixed reality be applied to cog sci research in new ways?\u00a0 To behavioral therapy?\u00a0 To diagnostics?\u00a0 To fitness?<\/p>\n What new experiments can be defined to study the so-called \u201cmemory palace effect\u201d (mnemonic environmental mapping)?<\/p>\n What are the best ways to integrate physical objects with virtual visual content for haptic interactions?\u00a0 \u00a0Build a new musical instrument?<\/p>\n Are there new building blocks that we haven\u2019t thought of that would inspire developers?<\/p>\n And so on\u2026<\/p>\n We will ONLY work with designs that could NOT be done in a traditional\/classical HMD (such as an Oculus\/EyePhone\/etc.)<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have to talk to candidates and get to know them.\u00a0 We\u2019ll want to hear some ideas from them about research directions they want to pursue.\u00a0 \u00a0We are open to projects that would include collaborations with others at their universities as well.<\/p>\n Candidates can either submit specific proposals, or can describe a general interest and apply on the basis of relevant past work.<\/p>\n We haven\u2019t shown all we\u2019ve done with HoloLens.\u00a0 Research notions from potential interns will have to demonstrate a likely ability to go beyond what\u2019s been done internally- but there\u2019s really no way to share what\u2019s been done internally at this time.\u00a0 So\u2026 in a way interns will have to guess at what ideas will impress us, but that should make them more ambitious.<\/p>\n Candidates will need to have sufficient skills to program \u201cholograms\u201d on their own (in Windows, obviously); the exception we\u2019d consider is a pair dedicated to collaborating, in which one member is able to both implement and realize publication-grade research contributions and the other has domain expertise or exceptional creative skills.<\/p>\n Interns will work directly with Jaron Lanier, Andy Wilson, and\/or other interesting people at Microsoft.<\/p>\n This is a fantastic opportunity for students to get involved in a wonderful flowering of both research and commercial opportunity.<\/p>\n Warmly,<\/p>\n Jaron Lanier <jalani@microsoft.com<\/a>><\/p>\n