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#VS2017 – Debug // ReAttach to process, so cool !

Hola ! Hoy mientras depuraba una UWP me encontré con este nuevo menú el Visual Studio 2017: Debug // Reattach to Process. El nombre es bastante descriptivo y la verdad es que es una idea genial. Según lo que comentan en el blog de MSDN, el funcionamiento es el siguiente: Una vez que nos hemos… — read more

May 2, 2017
#Hololens – How to use clases TapToPlace and InitialScanManager

Hi ! Yesterday I wrote about a custom solution I made to have Tap to Place feature in an Hololens App. The main set of features was We can perform an initial scan of an environment, based on a time constraint. Also we can continue the scan process if we don’t find a minimum of… — read more

Apr 27, 2017
#Hololens – Alternative fix to the TapToPlace and WorldAnchor issue (until official #HoloToolkit release)

Hi ! If you work with Beta products you will find funny scenarios, like something working, then not working, then working again. The next Hololens forums thread is a must read if you want to understand the frustration you can get in this scenarios: VS2017/U5.6 Crash – WinRTScriptingObjectWrapper::InternalAddRef Reference Count cannot be zero (link) TLTR HoloToolkit current… — read more

Apr 26, 2017
#Hololens – #SpatialMapping, tutorial search for simple surfaces (1×1 floor tile)

Hi ! In my previous posts I wrote on how to use Spatial Understanding to have a better control of the environment scanning process with Hololens. In that post I created a demo with the following steps As soon as the App starts, Hololens started the scanning process We defined a minimmun number of planes… — read more

Apr 25, 2017
#Humor – #Google Play looking for Malware

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Apr 23, 2017
#Hololens – Spatial Understanding vs Spatial Mapping, and a step-by-step on how to use it

Hi ! HoloToolkit has 2 main assets to perform a Spatial Mapping scan in an environment with the Hololens. Spatial Mapping Spatial Understanding Spatial Mapping is the asset that we use by default and is the one which allows us to have basic control over the scan process performed by the Hololens. For example, once we… — read more

Apr 21, 2017
#Hololens – What to do when your app is not a 3D App!

Hi ! Today is a quick posts on Unity3D and Hololens, I’ve been dealing with com nice and heavy C# bot code during the past days so it’s time to go back to Hololens. So, a couple of days ago I found that my Apps were not deployed as Unity VR Apps to the Hololens, instead… — read more

Apr 20, 2017
#VS2017 – About C# regions and now #Xaml regions also (What?!)

Hi ! If you are a C# Developer, for sure at some time you were part of the following conversation Regions YES / Regions NO There are plenty of different opinions on this (check references). If you need to group some parts of your code using regions, you maybe have a “big class”, so probably it’s time… — read more

Apr 18, 2017
#Humor – House Moving Boxes (one more time …)

Hi ! A non-technical post today. We’re on a new house move phase, so I’m looking forward to finishing it so we can start to build some forts! Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno Source: Hanna & Husband — read more

Apr 16, 2017
#Flow – New action definition to use #ComputerVision operations. #CognitiveServices

Hi ! In the last couple of days, a new set of services were added to Microsoft Flow. In the Microsoft Flow Blog, they shared a complete description of the new services. I’ll focus this post on Computer Vision actions (part of Microsoft Cognitive Services suite). We will be able to perform image analysis, text… — read more

Apr 13, 2017
#Unity3D – #GitHub for Unity in super Beta mode !

Hi ! Good news for the Unity3D developers who wants to use GitHub: We have available a beta version for the Unity and GitHub connector. You can find the source code and a compiled unity package on GitHub. Also, on the main page, there is a nice step by step on how to use it. Once… — read more

Apr 12, 2017
#Personal – This is how I explained #FakeNews concept to my 9 years old son

Hi ! Today is a different kind of post. It all begins when my 9 years old son asked me: What is Fake New ? I was kind of surprised. I still don’t know where he gets the idea, but it was a nice time to try to explain this to him. So, after 1… — read more

Apr 11, 2017
#Humor – This happens when you don’t check #Slack in a while

Hi ! Slack users will know Regards El Bruno References Source: Gizmodo, Dumbass Almost Hit By Train Because the Future is Too Damn Quiet Full Video — read more

Apr 9, 2017
#Unity3D – Unity 5.6, has been released, and, as a #developer, you must care about this

Hi ! Disclaimer: Quick Friday entry, I’m still managing a couple of busy family weeks, so I don’t have much time to test and write! When I started to create Oculus Rift Apps, a couple of years ago, I discovered Unity3D. Now with all my “non pro” Hololens work (link), Unity is one of the most… — read more

Apr 7, 2017
#Flow – “Save as ” and interaction with physical buttons: #Flic and #Bttn

Hi ! It’s been a while since I wrote about Microsoft Flow, and today we have some very interesting news to share, so let’s go for it. I’ll start with a simple but power feature added a couple of weeks ago: “Save As” on a flow definition. This is very powerful, let me share an… — read more

Apr 5, 2017
#Personal – #CodePlex is gone, time to move my #Kinect Merry Christmas and others to #GitHub, maybe

Hi ! So, last Friday, Brian Harry drop the bomb, and he announced the close of CodePlex (link). Timing was very good, because a couple of hours later this will make a great April’s Fool day joke. Shutting down #CodePlex https://t.co/2DK0d9HjMw and we talk about this one month ago in the podcast https://t.co/CiwWZWYjg7 — El… — read more

Apr 3, 2017
#Personal – Llega el cierre de #CodePlex, toca mover #Kinect Merry Christmas y otros proyectos a #GitHub

Hola El viernes pasado, Friday, Brian Harry publicó la noticia del cierre de CodePlex (link). Si la publicación hubiese sido un par de horas después, hubiese pensado que era un chiste de los clásicos de April’s Fool day. Shutting down #CodePlex https://t.co/2DK0d9HjMw and we talk about this one month ago in the podcast https://t.co/CiwWZWYjg7 —… — read more

Apr 3, 2017
#Friki – Sharp80: #TRS-80 emulator written in C#

Hi ! These days I’m on the quest of searching for a new home in Canada, and this is an Indiana Jone’s style quest. The difference between Europe and North America in the way in which people bought and sold a house, is very big, mind breaking sometimes. That is why, I have several posts… — read more

Mar 31, 2017
#VS2017 – Thanks to Visual Studio Feedback, 20 days later, we got a new Release with some bug fixed!

Hola ! Hace unas horas se ha liberado una nueva actualización para Visual Studio 2017. Se trata de la build 26228.10 (link) y en la misma podemos ver que se han solucionado 8 errores reportados por la comunidad. Lo interesante de este escenario es que estos errores se han reportado durante los primeros días “de… — read more

Mar 29, 2017
#CNTK – Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit almost Released!

Hello! Microsoft has released a new beta version of Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (link), and soon the Release Candidate version will arrive. Note: Thanks to @PabloDoval who point me in the right direction. We already knew this tools by CNTK (something knew before but not the official mode). This set of tools is not for the… — read more

Mar 28, 2017