interactive apps

About this tag
The interactive apps tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about applications that respond to user input in real time, such as chatbots, mixed reality experiences, and speech-enabled UWP apps. Topics include Microsoft's integration of Llama 4 models into Azure for building interactive AI applications, Windows Mixed Reality app development, using speech APIs in Universal Windows Platform apps, and Windows Phone 8.1 lock screen customization with interactive apps. These threads explore how developers create engaging, responsive software using Microsoft platforms and tools.
  1. Microsoft Integrates Llama 4 Models into Azure: AI Development Redefined

    Microsoft is stepping up its game with a strategic integration of Meta’s latest Llama 4 models into its Azure platform. With Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick making their debut in Azure AI Foundry and Azure Databricks, Microsoft is ushering in a new era for AI application development. Whether...
  2. Making mixed reality: a conversation with Alexandros Sigaras and Sophia Roshal

    Link Removed Dr. Olivier Elemento (left) alongside with his Ph.D students Neil Madhukar and Katie Gayvert, analyze medical network data (photo courtesy of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine) Welcome! This is Making mixed reality, a series celebrating the passionate community...
  3. Using speech in your UWP apps: It’s good to talk

    As developers, we adapt as technologies move from the realm of Science Fiction into readily available SDKs. That’s certainly, or perhaps especially, true for speech technologies. In the past 5 years, devices have become more personal and demanding of new forms of interaction. In Windows 10...
  4. What's Happening with Windows Phone 8.1 Lock Screen Customization?

    When will then be now? One of the more intriguing Windows Phone 8.1 revelations to come out of Build a few months back was that users would be allowed to customize their handsets' lock screen via new interactive apps provided by Microsoft and, eventually, third parties. But this lock screen...