Microsoft's Android Tablet Apps Lose Their "Beta" Stabilisers
You'd think it didn't have a mobile OS all of its own.
You'd think it didn't have a mobile OS all of its own.
Microsoft continues its mobile software push beyond Windows Phone.
If you think Microsoft's new HoloLens has what it takes to challenge the Oculus Rift, here's your chance to look over the hardware—at least a 3D interactive model of it—courtesy of the folks at Sketchfab.
Microsoft put out the first Windows 10 preview right after its first big announcement. But now there's a new one. Here are some of its most notable features.
Aaaaaaand Windows RT is dead. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 won't be coming to either of the Surfaces that run RT, though an update that offers some of the features will. It's Windows Phone 7 all over again.
Here is a tablet. A Surface Pro 3, to be exact. I've never really wanted a Surface Pro 3, but Windows 10 is making me reconsider. Let me show you why.
I don't want to look stupid even when I can't see myself.
Until now game streaming has been for devotees only. But Microsoft just invited the filthy casuals like me.
The next frontier of computing seems, inevitably, the space directly in front of our faces. But will Microsoft be the scene's conquistador?
While you were sleeping, Microsoft had a tonne of in depth announcements about free upgrades, the future of Windows Phones, playing Xbox games on PC, and putting holodeck goggles on your face.
Microsoft have been building a software platform called OnSight that's designed to let scientists carry out their work through realistic holograms of the distant planet they're studying. Using HoloLens, of course.
Microsoft has made mistakes. It knows this. But as the company proved today at its Windows 10 launch event, it's also not going to stop pushing user interface design into the future. It's just getting smarter about it.
I just put Microsoft's new holographic glasses on my face. It's one of the most amazing and tantalising experiences I've ever had with a piece of technology.
We haven't had a chance to try it on just yet, but here's video of Microsoft's live demo from the keynote.
This is not the Microsoft Surface we were expecting.
VR? Meh. Microsoft is going the holodeck route, with something called Project Hololens.
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