Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms.
Vulkan - Industry Forged
Tech demos:
Vulkan on Android
Drivers:
Nvidia
Vulkan...
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Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code...
app building
bug fix
coding
cross-platform
data persistence
development
framework
ios
mac os
objective-c
portable apps
programming
sdk
source code
to-do list
uwp
virtual machine
visual studio
windows bridge
xcode
We’re happy to announce that the video recordings from last weeks’ Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 live event are now available on-demand on Channel 9. This half day event is an addendum to the existing Developers’ Guide to Windows 10 video series and covers new features for developers in the...
app development
bluetooth apis
build 10586
continuum
developers guide
enterprise features
microsoft passport
mobile support
multi-monitor
sdk
two-factor authentication
user interface
uwp apps
version 1511
video on demand
video tutorials
visual studio
windows 10
windows hello
windows store
In this session, learn what's new in Windows 10 version 1511 from the developers' perspective. Major new features in this update include Windows 10 for Mobile, Continuum for Mobile, next gen authentication using Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport, and the new Windows Store for Business. Learn...
apis
authentication
build 10240
build 10586
continuum
developers
development
features
guide
microsoft passport
mobile
programming
sdk
update
uwp
version 1511
visual studio
windows 10
windows hello
windows store
We got some very cool Kinect Developer News this week. Below is the email, in full, which introduces the Kinect developer preview for Windows 10, which includes Windows Hello support.
To show this off, Friend of the Gallery, Mike Taulty, published a great detailed description and post. Make...
api
beta
cortana
developer
device manager
digital signage
driver
feedback
kinect
perception
sdk
sensor
sign-in options
technology
update
uwp
visual studio
windows 10
windows hello
Today's Extension Monday post is about one of the coolest new extension opportunities, extension Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS, fka Visual Studio Online).
To get you started creating VSTS extensions, Josh Garverick has shared a great Project Template...
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This page is intended for advanced manual installation of the Windows Azure SDK for .NET, which include SDKs, basic tools, and extended tools for VS 2013 and VS 2015. You can install everything you need for Microsoft Azure development using the Web Platform Installer.
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Contains the complete software development kit for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, and the User Interface Integration (UII) SDK.
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This week we released a new Windows 10 SDK. Let’s dive deeper into some of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) improvements in the SDK update:
Visuals, Effects, and Animations
Introducing Windows.UI.Composition, a new API family that directly targets the UI foundation layer. The UI...
animations
appx
bluetooth
design kit
development
device storage
ink
input
networking
performance
sdk
sensors
software
sqlite
user interface
uwp
visuals
windows 10
windows ack
xaml
The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 Developer Pack installs the .NET Framework 4.6.1, the .NET 4.6.1 Targeting Pack and the .NET 4.6.1 SDK.
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Your requests to grow the XAML Behaviors platform and bring them forward to support UWP app development have been heard. Today we announce the next step: XAML Behaviors natively supported for UWP and shipping as a NuGet package (for both native and managed projects). Additionally, to build a...
actions
behaviors
c++ support
code reuse
community
contributions
csharp
development
documentation
dynamic scenarios
eventtriggers
frameworks
integration
nuget
open source
platform
sdk
uwp
visual studio
xaml
Last week was a very exciting week. The Connect(); //2015 event was held and about a million things were shown and announced. Some of the cooler announcements revolved around VS Code
v0.10.1 (November - Beta 2015)
With this release, we mark our official Beta milestone and the big news is that...
This past August we announced the Microsoft Universal Ad Client SDK with support for video interstitial ads and ad mediation. Video interstitials are full screen video ads, 20-30 seconds, that typically offer up to 10x the eCPM (value per thousand views) vs traditional banner ads. This makes...
ad mediation
ad serving
app development
best practices
data plan
game development
interstitial
javascript
microsoft
mobile ads
monetization
rewards based
sdk
user experience
user interface
video ads
visual basic
windows 10
windows store
The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 RC is a highly compatible, in-place update to the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6. The offline package can be used in situations where the...
compatibility
developer tools
framework 4.6.1
in-place update
installation
internet connectivity
microsoft
net framework
offline installer
sdk
service pack
software
update
windows 7
windows vista
Recently, we released a new feature that provides app usage information to developers in Dev Center.
This feature is included in all new Windows 10 (UWP) package submissions and allows developers to view app usage statistics, including user sessions, active users, session length, page views...
active users
analytics
app statistics
app store
application
application insights
azure
custom events
dev center
developers
page views
project submission
sdk
session length
telemetry
usage
user sessions
uwp
visual studio
windows 10
Continuing with our Hardware Event Theme, it's Windows 10 Band Day!
Link Removed, whom we usually highlight for his cool Kinect projects, a couple months ago wrote up this nice Windows 10 UWP Microsoft Band example...
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Although very simple I thought this was worth blogging as I...
app
azure
band
coding
community
data streaming
development
event hubs
github
heart rate
iot hackathon
microsoft band
nuget
projects
sample
sdk
uwp
visual studio
windows 10
Today, we released a new Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators (Build 10563), to be used in conjunction with Link Removed(Build 10565). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test...
api changes
application development
bug fixes
build 10563
compatibility issues
developer tools
emulator update
intellisense
known issues
mobile emulators
preview
production environment
sdk
store submission
testing
uwp
visual studio
windows 10
windows feedback
windows performance analyzer
This week, surprisingly enough, we're going to be doing a "Holly Cow, that was an awesome Hardware Event last week!" theme, focusing on related SDK's, projects and such.
I'm sure you've already heard all about it, but incase not, check out this post, A New Era of Windows 10 Devices from...
api
development
effects
framework
gpu
imaging
interoperability
lumia
media
nuget
performance
photography
processing
samples
sdk
tools
uwp
video
visual studio
windows 10