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#HoloLens – How create a 3D text always visible using #HoloToolkit

Hello! Today I will leave the steps for an almost obligatory scenario we face when we created Hololens Apps: How to display a text message that is always visible on the point of view of the user of Hololens Something similar to the next video As always the steps to create a project, are those… — read more

Nov 7, 2016
#Humor – A/B Testing … or maybe not

Hi ! It’s time to relearn my A/B testing ideas… Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno Just in case, Wikipedia A/B Testing — read more

Nov 6, 2016
#VSTS – Now also integrated with #MicrosoftTeams

Hello! Now it is already public: Microsoft Teams have been released! A few hours ago was the official presentation of this tool, which basically comes to compete against Slack. Personally I have to say that I use Slack out of work and I have been testing Microsoft Teams for some time at work. Each has its pros… — read more

Nov 3, 2016
#Minecraft – Education Edition now on sale! (you must find the best way to use it)

Hello! Nice news today: Microsoft has released a special Minecraft version for teachers and students : Minecraft Education Edition This was initially meant to be released at the beginning of the school year in the northern hemisphere (September), and now, couple of months later, we finally get this release. There is no major innovation in the… — read more

Nov 2, 2016
#HoloLens – #URHOSharp Project Template for Visual Studio 2015

Hello! Quick post on Sunday after I finished in a a very bad shape the Niagara Falls Half Marathon. Thanks to Egor Bogatob (@egorbo) we have a specific project template to create projects UWP for Hololens with URHOSharp. Even if the project type is Universal Windows Platform, the way an App starts is kind… — read more

Oct 31, 2016
#Humor – #Apple, the dongle company

Hi ! So, this week we have some Apple announcements, and at the end we realize that now Apple is “The Dongle Company” Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno References Apple accessories Source Twitter https://twitter.com/dbreunig/status/792034409788518401 — read more

Oct 30, 2016
#Windows10 – New APIs, samples, and user guides for #SurfaceDial

Hello! 2 days ago, during Microsoft event , I was also shocked by another device Dial Surface. Although showed it always using it with a Surface Studio, it is also compatible with Surface Pro 4, so I’ll try one as soon as I can. Although of course, the Windows 10 Creators Update version is now… — read more

Oct 29, 2016
#Windows10 – Creators Edition: #Paint3D is so much fun and with a #SurfaceStudio much more!

Hello! Today was day of Microsoft news. The most popular one was the new Surface Studio, this one leaves the bar quite high for the desktop devices. IMHO, beyond the Surface Studio, I think is also very important the addition of many features to support the 3D world of apps, gaming and collaboration, in a new… — read more

Oct 27, 2016
#Hololens – Using voice commands to display a menu with #HoloToolkit

Hello! In yesterday’s post, I wrote on how to interact with a menu with Hololens, Unity3D and HoloToolkit. Today I will wrote on how to show the menu in a specific location using a voice command. Ideally, the menu is displayed in the direction in which we are looking with the Hololens. It’s very… — read more

Oct 26, 2016
#Hololens – Creating a menu with options with #HoloToolkit

Hello! Comes time to perform a backup of some of the sutff I’ve learned about Hololens and HoloToolkit. This one is related to a basic feature in any app Present a menu and select an item. In Hololens using AirTap The idea is to view a board with different options, and the option selected will be… — read more

Oct 25, 2016
#Podcast -About Software Architect, Design, MicroServices and how to stay focus (and 40º fever as a plus !) Spanish

Hi ! New podcast, we are in number 19 and this one, with some great professionals: JuanMa (@gulnor) and Omar Del Valle (@omarvr72). And we scheduled ourselves to talked a little about Software Architects. That was the initial idea, however when I added my 40º fever, we move the conversation to another set of topics: ¿Are the Software Architects bad… — read more

Oct 24, 2016
#Humor – #Windows and those amazing and secure old days !

Hi ! Windows 95 / 98 users will know 😀 Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno Source: Facebook, Me pasó en sistemas — read more

Oct 23, 2016
#Xamarin – Official Mobile Applications Diploma with Xamarin (Spanish)

Hello! I finally get alive to Friday after enjoying my first flu in Canada. So now is time to share great news for those who are looking for an opportunity to catch up day with Xamarin technologies: Official Mobile Applications Diploma with Xamarin This course is free of charge and all participants who complete and qualify… — read more

Oct 21, 2016
#VS15 – No more #UML desginers (And no more UML God Achievement!)

Hi ! It has been more than 6 years since I wrote my first posts about DSLs, Visual Studio extensibility and of course: UML modelers for Visual Studio. In my Visual Studio 2010 book, I also wrote several pages about this and that’s why I remember this with a special affection. Having said that, also I have to admit that… — read more

Oct 20, 2016
#Bots – Error when you update the #NuGet package for System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt on your #MicrosoftBot Application

Hello! For a few days, I was lucky and go back to the great world of Microsoft Bot. In this one, my main task was to update one Bot I’ve created some time ago. The update process is fairly simple. Gisela has written a post where he explains the biggest changes, and otherwise you can always browse ans learn… — read more

Oct 17, 2016
#Humor – #Galaxy Note 7

Hi ! It seems that after so many issues the Galaxy Note 7 is no longer wit us … so RIP ! And source of the GTA mod in the complete video Greetings @ Toronto El Bruno — read more

Oct 16, 2016
#Hololens – Getting the best of #MixedReality streaming (great for events!)

Hello! The experience of using Hololens is great. What is a little bit more complicated is try to share that experience to other people who are not using the device. Especially when you have one or more people looking to the person using the Hololens. What is usually done is share the view of Mixed Reality, where we… — read more

Oct 14, 2016
#Event – Slides, source code and links used on the #Hololens to 2D developers event

Hi ! 2 days ago, I remotely hosted a session with the C# Mexico developer Community focused on Hololens Development for 2D developers. Now is time to share the materials I used during the session. As usual, let start with the slides I’ve shared the source code on GitHub (link). And these are the links I’ve commented and… — read more

Oct 13, 2016
#Windows10 – Device Portal Wrapper available via NuGet and source code in #GitHub

Hello! Some time ago I wrote about the Device Portal capabilities for Hololens. In my case, there are some key actions like remote monitoring, remote apps deploy and to device restart, which are very useful in my developer day to day. Now is time to say thanks to the Windows Developer team. This is because, the “Windows Device Portal Wrapper” project… — read more

Oct 12, 2016
#Hololens – How to place a Hologram using AirTap and #HoloToolkit

Hello! 2 days ago someone I asked about the best way to create a hologram and place it in the real world using Hololens. Some time ago, I wrote a post with the step by step on how to do this with URHOSharp, and today will go over the steps to do it with the HoloToolkit. In previous posts I… — read more

Oct 11, 2016