Gameopolis have been working with we’ve been working with Hack Manchester to create the UK’s biggest competitive game jam in Manchester on 20th-22nd May 2016, called Jamchester. Microsoft are one of the sponsors and I will be there with my…
Since my previous posts on Windows Phone mobile VR http://peted.azurewebsites.net/windows-phone-mobile-vr-update/ Microsoft Virtual Academy has published a six-part course called Creating Virtual and Augmented Reality Apps on the Windows Platform where Louis Deane (VISR-VR CEO) and I discuss Virtual Reality, Augmented…
As we make steady progress from a world where the user input to a computer or mobile device consists of flat two dimensional elements controlled by mouse and keyboard it is not difficult to imagine more natural ways to interact…
Chatting recently with Mike Brondbjerg recently about some data visualisation ideas around using the Microsoft Band and we came to the conclusion that getting live sensor data from the band into the browser would open up the opportunity to use…
Its over a year now since I published these two blog posts: Windows Phone Mobile VR (Gyro Head Tracking in Unity3D) Windows Phone Mobile VR (Stereoscopic Rendering + Lens Distortion in Unity 3D) which discussed some introductory topics around mobile…
Along with my colleague at Microsoft, David Gristwood I have been working on and off on an IOT reference architecture using data from the Microsoft Band. Dave focuses on the Azure side of things and I am traditionally a more…
Lately I have been investigating the new Office add-ins (the ones built on open web tech). Alongside the other additions to the Office platform; Unified APIs and AD apps they present a great surface area for solving higher level business…
Although very simple I thought this was worth blogging as I didn’t see too many UWP (Universal Windows Platform) samples using the Microsoft Band SDK. I gave a talk recently at the Microsoft IOT Hackathon at the Microsoft Offices in…
To get data on your Microsoft Band you can use the Microsoft Band SDK from within a mobile application. There is now an easier way to get data onto the band in the form of Web Tiles. If you have…
A few days ago some updates to the Microsoft Band ecosystem were announced including Microsoft Band Web Tiles Preview and Microsoft Health Cloud APIs Preview for full details see this blog post. It’s also worth checking out the Microsoft Health…