Surface

Every year at TechFest, Microsoft employees (and a few invited guests) get to take a look at some of the projects out of Microsoft Research. These aren't finished products--you'll see a lot of exposed wires and tape--and in fact, they may never become completed products at all, but each project…

I met with the folks from Carnegie Mellon who created the Dungeons and Dragons game on Microsoft Surface called Surfacescapes, which is a double helping of geek. I asked them about some of the challenges they faced, some of the decisions they made (like virtual dice), and where they hope…

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Today the Microsoft Surface team announced the Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta. This toolkit includes controls, APIs, templates, documentation, and sample code for WPF on Windows Touch applications and a way for developers to prepare for the next version of Microsoft Surface. Luis…

SurfaceDJ from Vectorform was one of my favorite applications shown at PDC.  Not only does it involve Multi-touch, Surface and music; but it is an example of a new form of collaborative application.  Joe Engalan and Markus Sheldon build up the music, keep it…

This turned out to be a pretty design-centric episode.  Quince the new UX Design Pattern Explorer launched, Illustrator to XAML plug-in is ready to be tested, Alex Knight a XAML Designer is featured and Stimulant shows off their Surface skills. Stories covered in this episode…

Coming at you LIIIIVE (ok not really) it’s this week’s Ping.  This was a really exciting week in Microsoft-land with MIX, IE8, and Silverlight.  We also talked about the “Surface 2” rumors and, of course, wrapped up with some trivia. Here are some of the fancy links for you all so…

In a week full of excitement and hilarity- Laura and Paul stopped to ponder it all and share their ideas with you. Here's what's happening: Classic games coming to the browser  [04:38] The new MOUSE  [11:08] Games on the Surface  [08:09] More Windows Phones  [14:15]

This week we had the pleasure of being joined by the most diabolical mind on Channel 9, Larry Larsen. Actually I just looked up "diabolical" and it means "having to do with the devil". Larry doesn't have anything to do with the devil, he's just from Florida. Either way it was…

Sit back, relax and let the good times flow while watching Laura and Paul argue over everything under the sun. Ok, maybe not everything...but definitely a few things. Here's what's happening at Microsoft: IllumiRoom is Uh-MAY-ZING  [03:11] Goodbye Messenger...hello SKYPE  [18:50] Ballmer…