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Xbox E3–Jump In

The Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 is a popular conference where new games and consoles are announced. There was no expectation of new consoles being announced, but I had even heard murmurs that this would be the last generation of consoles. I didn’t think that would be the case, but you never know. Fortunately, Phil […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new wi...

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Having Fun with SteamVR in Windows Mixed Reality

This week, since Windows 10 Fall Creators Update came out, I was able to upgrade my main development machine. I have been waiting on that for a while as my main dev machine has the NVIDIA 1080Ti GTX. Now a few weeks back Microsoft announced that SteamVR would be supported on the Mixed Reality devices. […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share o...

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun as Seen Through the HP Mixed Reality Headset

If you like stealth games, chances are you will like Shadow Tactics. Last week I received the Acer Mixed Reality headset. This week the HP Mixed Reality headset I ordered showed up. I’ll be creating an unboxing video soon, but wanted to show off this little test I did… I hooked up the the HP […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (...

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Xbox One Controller–HoloLens Edition & HoloHack in Atlanta

Around August of last year, I ran a contest to give away an Xbox Controller that was themed like the HoloLens. I even had“HoloLens Edition” engraved on the controller – unfortunately, it doesn’t show up in this picture, but it does on the website where you can order your own! The winner of the controller […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to shar...

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Tub of War Game by Martin aka Quill18 (Ludum Dare 38)

This weekend the Ludum Dare game jam and competition took place. Due to too many other obligations I wasn’t able to take part, but I was able to watch a little while Martin created a great game by himself in just 48 hours. He did it live on Twitch, which apparently he has done for […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in ne...

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Preparing for Microsoft Mixed Reality Partners

Last week my machine decided to freeze up. I had installed the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers and Windows also decided to install updates. When I came down to work on my video I was greeted with black screens. After rebooting, I kept getting the blue screen of death. I won’t go into all the details […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on P...

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HoloValentine App Submitted and Source Code Available

The HoloValentine app created and submitted to the store and is going through certification. The source code for this app is available for free. The Unity project includes spatial mapping along with a custom spatial mapping shader. It includes speech recognition and storing and retrieving world anchors. The CSharpSynth code has been adapted to work […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...

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Xbox Achievements: Becomes the Master

I enjoy playing games. I haven’t been able to play them in a while. However, I have spent a little bit of time in the last month dusting off the controller to play again… A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I bought Titanfall 2 during a Black Friday sales. I’ve completed the game […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in ...

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Holo Developers Interested in Gaming

If you are a software developer who has an interest in holographic development, I’m inviting you to join a Xbox group called Holo Developers. I created this video to talk about my desire to get back into gaming. But I’d like to play with folks who are interested in software development and holographic development in […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)C...

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Learn HoloLens Contest and Membership Site Launch

Go to http://learnhololens.com/controller and enter to win a HoloLens Edition Xbox One controller! Today I launched a new membership site to teach developers how to develop for the HoloLens. I took a break from creating HoloLens demos this week to launch the site and put together this contest where I’m giving away a Bluetooth enabled […] Know someone who might like this?Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Ope...

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