Disney Research Pittsburgh

In this paper, we propose a method to overcome these issues by representing team behavior via play-segments, which are spatio-temporal descriptions of ball movement over fixed windows of time.

In this paper, we use ball and player tracking data from STATS SportsVU from the 2012-2013 NBA season to analyze offensive and defensive formations of teams.

In this paper we propose an architecture for rendering rich and high-resolution haptic feedback on the user’s body while playing interactive games.

In this paper, we present an architecture that supports generation of haptic content, haptic content repositories, and customization of haptic experiences.

In this paper we introduce a mobile, generic, and inexpensive visuo-tactile sensory substitution device for the visually impaired.

TeslaTouch is a technology that provides tactile sensation to moving fingers on touch screens. Based on TeslaTouch, we have developed applications for the visually impaired to interpret and create 2D tactile information. In this paper, we demonstrate these applications, present observations from the interaction, and discuss TeslaTouch’s potential in supporting communication among visually impaired individuals.

In this study, we explored the impact of a co-located sidekick on child-robot interaction. We examined child behaviors while interacting with an expressive furniture robot and his robot lamp sidekick.

We propose an unsupervised EM-style joint inference algorithm with a probabilistic CRF that models identity and role assignments for all detected faces, along with associated pairwise relationships between them.

This paper presents a new beamforming method for distant speech recognition (DSR).

Few direct comparisons have been made between the responsiveness of children with autism to computer-generated or animated characters and their responsiveness to humans. Twelve 4- to 8-year-old children with autism interacted with a human therapist; a human-controlled, interactive avatar in a theme park; a human actor speaking like the avatar; and cartoon characters who sought social responses.