Future user interfaces will need to combine the personalization and adaptive aspects of the device with data-sharing enabled by the back-end infrastructure and the seamless integration with Internet services. In addition, they will incorporate an individual’s unique characteristics (e.g., movements, activities, environment) and personal needs (e.g., preferred input/output modalities, service preferences, etc.) to seamlessly blend with their lives and to deliver superior consumer experiences.

Research, located in Cambridge USA, Helsinki, Hollywood, Palo Alto and Tampere, with teams in Beijing, Bangalore, and Nairobi providing regional and cultural variation, is focused on:

• User experience that meets cultural preferences
• Mixed reality technologies in conjunction with multimodal interaction and immersive communications
• Novel enablers for enhanced senses and interactions

Teams working on New User Interface include:

• Web User Interface and User Experience
• Innovate, Design, Experience, Animate
• Conversational User Interface
• Cognitive User Interface
• Sight, Sound and Gaze
• Social & physical Proximity Interactions
• Multimodal and multimedia user interactions
• Multimodal Interactions
• User Experience and Design
• Visual Computing for Ubiquitous Imaging
• Mixed Reality Solutions
• Immersive Communication
• Mixed Reality Experiences
• Africa User Experiences
• India User Experiences
• Growth Market User Experience & User Interface

Working with these teams are several of our Open Innovation partners:

• University of Southern California
• Stanford University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Tampere University of Technology

A traveler arriving at a hotel in another country will soon be able to rely on their mobile to translate languages on the fly, making sure that both the receptionist and the traveler are 100% sure of their interactions.

User modalities, powered by new generations of hardware and software, will more and more often incorporate natural gestures and persistent connectivity between trusted devices. An everyday task like sharing business cards, documents, web links and photos will become transparent and effortless.