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Weathr, the C++, DirectX and XAML Windows Store AppJan 15, 2014 at 6:00 AM
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In today's Windows Wednesday project, we're highlighting a project from Thomas Petchel (and team) that is showing off how you can use DirectX, XAML and C++ to build a cool Windows Store App... Weathr (C++, DirectX, and XAML) Weathr is a 3D weather app for Windows 8.1 using… -
Thinking about building your own Tower Game? Start with TGSK (Tower Game Starter Kit)Jan 13, 2014 at 6:00 AM 0
Today's project is one that I think you'll find fun, cool and something of a "just one more tweak" time sink. We previously highlighted a great project from Christer (McFunkypants) Kaitila, Ludus Windows 8 Game Starter Kit - Pleasing the Platformer in you... and now we're back with… -
AGENT Smartwatch gets experimental, community driven, Visual Studio 2013 supportJan 10, 2014 at 6:00 AM 1
Today's Hardware Friday post comes to us via Paolo Patierno. Paolo chats up one of my favorite hardware projects of the past year and highlights a recent post by Scott Walker. Scott and community team have proven the power of open source and gone where Microsoft hasn't yet. They taken the open… -
Playing in the Babylon.js sandbox and editorJan 08, 2014 at 6:00 AM 0
Today's Web Wednesday project takes us to Babylon. No, not the place, but the awesome WebGL project, Babylon.js, in an article written by Friend of the Blog, David Rousset. David shows off a simple, but pretty cool, Babylon.js/webgl based viewer and editor. Given a modern web browser, you can… -
Getting going with GART, the Geo AR Toolkit, on Windows Phone 8Jan 06, 2014 at 6:00 AM 4
In today's Mobile Monday post we are going to highlight an article by Igor Ralic where he walks us through using GART on Windows Phone 8. What is GART? GART was created to help people quickly and easily build Augmented Reality applications for Windows Phone and Windows 8. This kit is different from… -
Using Wifi-Direct and Proximity API for peer file transfersJan 03, 2014 at 6:00 AM 3
In our first Hardware Friday post of the year, we're going to highlight a project from Stéphanie Hertrich that might help you write code that leverages hardware you might already have... WinRT : Transfering a file between 2 peers using Wifi-Direct and Proximity APIOn Windows 8.1 and WinRT,… -
Happy New Year!Jan 01, 2014 at 6:00 AM 1
Happy New Year to you and yours... It's going to be an exciting year! -
Xbox Music APIDec 30, 2013 at 6:00 AM 3
As the last post of the year, I'm not going to do a year in review. Not a prediction for the coming year. Not a roll-up of the past year's post. Nope, nope, nope! I'm going to highlight a new API that you can use in the coming year to add some music to your life and app's... Xbox Music API… -
Using QR codes to streamline robot navigationDec 27, 2013 at 6:00 AM 5
Today's Hardware Friday post is a different idea of how robot navigation can be made much simpler and easier using QR codes... Robot Navigation Made Easy With QR CodesGetting a robot to know where it is and navigate to new locations is a tough problem that needs Bayesian particle filters,… -
Happy Holidays...Dec 25, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
I came across this post last week and thought it would make an interesting Christmas day post... A Technical Christmas CarolEddie Scrooge doesn't like spending money. He has a successful business, but likes to hoard his cash. He doesn't understand why he would need to spend money on the technology…
