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  1. Camera APIs with a dash of cloud intelligence in a UWP app (App Dev on Xbox series)

    Apps should be able to see, and with that, they should be able to understand the world. In the sixth blog post in the series, we will cover exactly that, how to build UWP apps that take advantage of the camera found on the majority of devices (including the Xbox One with the Kinect) and build a...
  2. Internet of Things on the Xbox (App Dev on Xbox series)

    This week’s app is all about the Internet of Things. Best For You is a sample fitness UWP app focused on collecting data from a fictional IoT enabled yoga wear and presenting it to the user in a meaningful and helpful way on all of their devices to track health and progress of exercise. In this...
  3. VIDEO Microsoft HoloLens enables thyssenkrupp to transform the global elevator industry

    Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share some exciting news about the work thyssenkrupp Elevator is doing with Microsoft HoloLens. Today, in New York City at One World Trade Center, we demonstrated how thyssenkrupp (and innovation that only HoloLens makes possible) has the potential to...
  4. NASCAR Transforms Race Management with Windows 10 and the Microsoft Cloud

    I had the chance this weekend to personally walk through the garage before the race and see the use of Microsoft technologies helping speed up and improve the pre-race inspection of the cars. In addition, the use of new race management techniques built on Azure and Windows was truly inspiring...
  5. Kinect to HD Face

    Friend of the Gallery and Kinect MVP Vangos Pterneas is back with a great and detailed post on developing with the HD Face API. Some of the other times we've highlighted Vangos Pterneas's work; Just face it... with these two Kinect for Windows v2 SDK Face Examples Kinetisense and Kinect app...
  6. Brekel Pro Face 2 Released

    While I don't usually highlight commercial products, this product and others from Brekel deserve an exception... Brekel Pro Face 2 For Kinect for Windows v2 & Kinect for Xbox One sensors Brekel Pro Face v2 is a Windows application that enables 3D animators to record and stream 3D face...
  7. Lync to IoT

    Today's Hardware Friday is of a kind I've not seen before. Sure, we've seen the Chat to Hardware, Hardware to Chat projects, but I don't think I've seen that uses Lync and the Unified Communications Web API. Plus I've missing blogging about .Net Gadgeteer projects... :) Exploring the Internet...
  8. VIDEO Saluting the Visual Gesture Builder - Details and example code

    Peter Daukintis, Microsoft Technical Evangelist, who we recently highlighted, Kinect for Windows v2 Face Tracking Managed and Native, continues his Kinect for Windows v2 exploration and sharing, this time with two posts about the very cool Visual Gesture Builder. Link Removed When I created a...
  9. Windows 7 Joe Belfiore Announces Next Release of Windows Phone, Code-Named 'Mango'

    Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president in Windows Phone shows off some of the new features coming in the Mango release of Windows Phone. Mango, which will be available this fall, includes hundreds of new features and improvements organized around three key themes: easier communications, smarter...
  10. All BlackBerry devices to integrate Microsoft's Bing for search and maps into OS

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance on stage this morning at BlackBerry World 2011 to announce Bing will become the default search and map provider in all upcoming BlackBerry devices. The recently released BlackBerry Playbook, for example, already ships with the Bing Map...