3d graphics

Continuing what we started during the “App Dev on Xbox” event, today we are making available yet another app experience – Atmosphere. In this blog post, you will learn how to get started building great 2D and 3D experiences with Unity and XAML, how to open up your app so other app developers can...

Today we’re excited to announce that we’re open-sourcing part of the Microsoft Edge WebGL renderer – specifically, the GLSL to HLSL transpiler. We hope that the source code is useful for everybody working on similar WebGL projects, and that this will help performance, correctness and...

One of our most prolific Kinect Developers and Kinect MVP, Friend of the Gallery Tango Chen (Jingzhou Chen) is back with another take on Minecrafting with the Kinect Minecraft in Real Life using Kinect v2 Hey guys, I just developed this Kinect v2 application a few days ago. It lets you be...

Scott talks to Karan Batta about how to use Azure Batch for large scale Rendering Workflows. Karan uses a plugin for Autodesk Maya 2015 that lets you utilize the raw power and scale of Azure to speed up your scene renders using Azure Batch. Link Removed Link Removed

The Unreal 4 engine showing how true to life graphics are getting:

Today we've got two posts about the new Unity 5 and the Kinect for Windows v2 and how, "it just works"... (I love those words ;) Link Removed During Global Developer Conference there were many announcements like Unity 5 availability for free. Of course, Unity has been offering a free version...

You could possible save me hours, beyond hours of searching and getting malware/viruses I'm looking for full laptop windows 8 skins. That comes with backgrounds, cursors, custom buttons, ect. Like a totally knew interface. I'm more of a fan of abstract and 3D images. Where would I go and what...

My machine runs with an I5 processor with a 2GB Invidia Geforce Graphics card on Windows 7 Pro. I was running Autodesk Revit 2014 (a 3D architectural program), Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and 2 folders were open. The machine suddenly running much slower, I saved and closed all the programs and...

The Kinect for Windows SDK v2 is almost out, the SDK is just about ready for public beta and the excitement is really starting to grow. A number of developers, including many of you, have been coding your fingers off in the private alpha/developer preview program. Until the curtains go up on...

I first had windows xp professional i used to play uberstrike in that OS after that there was a problem with my OS and I changed it to windows 7 ultimate now i am not able to play the game....... its displaying " failed to initialize 3d rendering . make sure you have directx9 and video card...

Orphydian's Modern UI Custom Tiles And Icons Thread ......styling is everything Not being satisfied of having tiny, unlike software icons filling your startcreen ? Being disrupted by this design gap that resolve the whole modern windows 8 feeling ? then this thread that is all about sharing...

So first off, my current computer was made about 6-7 years ago and these are the current specs. Windows 7 32bit home premium. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1Ghz dual core 4.0GB DDR2 RAM AMD Athlon 6850 1GB GDDR5 now this system has been great for me, and still is, i can even run skyrim on high and...

Hi I just wanted to relay my experience with nVidia 3D vision. I got my new computer specifically set up to use with the 3D setup With an nVida GTX 680 video card. I purchased an Asus monitor that supports a 144hz refresh rate. I was worried that I was making this investment for...

I am working on a new build. Link Removed I was able to get windows 7 hp 64bit sp1 installed with most updates installed. I am testing the functionality of all aspects of this system to verify stability and confirm all components are working properly. Currently, the on board audio isn't working...

This is work in progress but looking very good already:

Take a look at the new version of VMWare Workstation and you will have no doubt in your mind that Microsoft's Hyper-V offering, which was formerly only available in Windows Server 2008, will be negligible for serious virtualization users when the time comes to upgrade to Windows 8. VMWare...

Hi That's my question, I'm putting together a slide show of 3D images that I want to show on my TV next week when we have company. I would like the images to stay on the screen a little longer without having to actually create a slide show in some special application like Premiere. The Slide...

Dubbed 'Lytro', the camera is able to capture light data from many different angles using a specialized sensor. The sensor uses what is called a "microlens array", which packs the equivalent of many camera lenses into a very small space. It can capture 3D images. Price was not mentioned. They...

There is a soldier in front of me, and he's running away from a volley of gunshots coming from behind a fence. We're fighting through Paris in the Rush game mode in Battlefield 3, and the way he runs is lifelike. For a moment I'm transfixed as I simply watch him try to avoid death. I'm not sure...

next-gen Xbox was recently spotted in the wilds of an unnamed Electronic Arts (EA) studio. 

The console - an early build with no casing - is apparently housed inside a standard PC shell. "Quite often when new consoles come around they're packaged into a PC shell, but actually what's...