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Announcing Babylon.js 3.3! We are pleased to announce the launch of Babylon.js 3.3! This release adds amazing new UI and interaction features, major updates to particle system controls, new environment generation tools, procedural noise texture generation, 360-degree photo and video support, and more! For the full list of features, please visit our release notes. Some of our favorites are listed below. 3D GUI To simplify GUI construction for VR, we have added two features from the Microsoft Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK). The first is the new 3D volume grids used to easily lay out your interface for direct integration into your VR scene. Second, we have also added power to your VR GUI design by including methods to call the standard MRTK holographic and 3D mesh buttons. Transformation Gizmo Give your users complete control over the scene with the new [ more… ]

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252 Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18252 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring AND those who have opted in to Skip Ahead. Going forward, Insiders in the Fast ring and in Skip Ahead will receive the same 19H1 Insider Preview builds at the same time. As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If this makes you uncomfortable, you may want to consider switching to the Slow ring. Slow ring builds will continue to be higher quality. If your PC automatically takes this build before you switch your rings, you can roll-back and then switch rings. Ignite 2018 Insider Recap We just returned from #MSIgnite in Orlando, one of our biggest events with [ more… ]

Windows 10 accessibility in the October 2018 Update At Microsoft, we believe our technology should reflect the diversity of the people that use our products. We are excited to share how the Windows 10 October 2018 update delivers on that mission by giving you more accessibility features than ever before to enhance your personal computing experience. These features include Ease of Access updates to make Windows 10 easier to see, Narrator improvements to make Windows 10 easier to use without a screen, and Learning Tools and text suggestions updates to make it easier to read and write. Ease of Access Updates You now have more ways to see Windows 10 your way, with the addition of text size customization across the platform. From the “Display” page in Ease of Access settings or by typing “larger text” in the search bar, [ more… ]

Meet Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones New Surface devices, along with new innovations in Windows and Office 365, offer more performance and productivity across your whole life. Today we are proud to share four new Surface products with the world. Products built for people. We put our hearts and souls into making these products, for people who want to do more, dream more, and achieve more. We understand the way people work and live is changing, with different areas of our lives are blending together, and the need to spend our valuable time on the things that really matter is increasing. With that understanding, we build Surface products to empower people to accomplish these great things. And to do this, the technology needs to fade to the background so you can get into [ more… ]