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My name is Liam Molloy and I am a developer at Vertigo. I’m also an old school gamer. I started with the classics like pong, Donkey Kong and Pacman. But nothing made my jaw drop, more than when I first saw dragons lair. Watch my video to see my attempt at resurrecting this classic Video game in Silverlight. ...

Sobees brings a new user experience to your desktop. This video presents sobees main characteristics while focusing on rss feed reader.

Vincent Rithner, Sébastien Von Roth, Bastien Chételat, François Bochatay. deskNET SA Switzerland

Tools:

• Expression Blend and Design
• Visual Studio 2008
• SQL Server...

What do you get when you mix memories and feelings from your life with Silverlight 2?  … a personalized data visualization experiment that you can learn from. “40 – My Life in Silverlight 2” is a unique memory map of my first 40 years. 

Paul Osburn Engineering Director, Vertigo

Tools

• Silverlight...

Congratulations to Veracity for winning 3rd place in the MIX08 Show Off contest!

Input peripherals are fun,  but never more fun than when they're everyone's favorite gaming device, the Wiimote control for the Nintendo Wii. In this video, we first take a look at a data visualizer for the Wiimote...

Business software doesn't have to be boring! WPF is a great platform for creating a software experience that helps people work smarter and faster. 

Aaron Nottestad, Matt Sonnenberg, Jeff Bradford, Jason McCord, Eric Rodewald, Eric Anderson, and Paul Czywczynski. TempWorks Software

Tools:

• Microsoft...

The movie is a presentation of a sample application of a resort locator that demonstrates the power of Telerik RadControls for WPF.

Lyubomir Popov and the Telerik team

Tools

• Telerik RadControls
• Microsoft VS 2008
• Microsoft Expression Blend
• Microsoft Expression Design

An example of using WPF to create an interactive digital picture frame for a touchscreen UMPC, illustrating creative methods of layout and input for viewing and cycling through pictures. 

Jeff McNeal, Shawn Kendrick (Video Production). The Sunflower Group

Tools

• Expression Blend
• Visual Studio 2005 ...

An interactive mirror (WPF) and website (ASP.NET AJAX) built around a Social Networking concept IconNicholson has been developing. It also integrates RFID and live streaming video. 

Roland Nasr, IconNicholson

Tools

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0
• Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 1.0...

Congratulations to "Real Time Physics" for winning 2nd place in the MIX08 Show Off contest!

Bill Reiss and Andy Beaulieu discuss development of and sample applications for the Farseer Physics Engine for Silverlight. The Open Source Farseer Physics Engine allows developers to easily...

Mike Simon from msnbc.com shows off through how he prototyped an IE 8 Activity, building on existing search implementation. This prototype activity allows users to select text and quickly get the latest news headlines on that subject. 

Mike Simon (Developer, msnbc.com), Peter Durham (Senior architect,...