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Windows Community Standup discussing Multi-instancing, Console UWPs and Broader File-system Access During our February Windows Community Standup, we discussed three long-awaited features that add a new dimension to how you build UWP apps. Based on developer feedback these topics are top of mind – multi-instance support, UWP console applications and broader file system access. With the latest Insider build and SDK, we’re introducing some major new features that provide exciting new opportunities for building UWP apps. The first feature is multi-instancing. This is an opt-in feature. Some apps don’t need or want multi-instancing – but some do. Note that multi-instancing is not the same as multi-view. A regular single-instanced app can use the multi-view feature, and this works well for those apps where it makes sense. The standard Microsoft Calculator is a good example of an app that uses multi-view. [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Resume Assistant, Mixer and more We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Visit this post to read about the “MR Museum in Kyoto,” providing unique insight into centuries-old Japanese artwork; check out our Windows 10 Tip on how to use LinkedIn and Microsoft Word to help you write your resume; and head over here to read more about Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, now available on Windows 10 PCs worldwide.  In case you missed it: We're excited to announce that the SMITE Pro League and SMITE Console Series will be broadcast exclusively on Mixer! With unique co-stream angles, perspectives and views, @SMITEGame Season 5 will be the best one yet. Details: https://t.co/DLOtvDy8hG pic.twitter.com/gNP3KqAELL — Mixer (@WatchMixer) February 22, 2018 <!– !function(a,b){"use strict";function c(){if(!e){e=!0;var a,c,d,f,g=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),h=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11./),i=b.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(c=0;c<i.length;c++){if(d=i,!d.getAttribute("data-secret"))f=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),d.src+="#?secret="+f,d.setAttribute("data-secret",f);if(g||h)a=d.cloneNode(!0),a.removeAttribute("security"),d.parentNode.replaceChild(a,d)}}}var d=!1,e=!1;if(b.querySelector)if(a.addEventListener)d=!0;if(a.wp=a.wp||{},!a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(a.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(c){var d=c.data;if(d.secret||d.message||d.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(d.secret)){var [ more… ]

“MR Museum in Kyoto” provides unique insight into centuries-old Japanese artwork {$inline_image} A holographic version of Kennin-ji monk Shundo Asano guides visitors through The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin (Wind God and Thunder God Screens) Little can compare to getting a personal tour of one of Japan’s national treasures by a very personable Zen Buddhist monk, while standing in an amazing, beautiful Zen temple in Japan. Today, I’m proud to share some of the innovative work of hakuhodo-VRAR on an extraordinary mixed reality experience available to visitors of Kyoto’s Kennin-ji, the oldest Zen temple in Japan. In partnership with the Kyoto National Museum, hakuhodo-VRAR’s “MR Museum in Kyoto” applies a mixed reality experience to Kennin-ji’s beautiful and sacred artwork The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin (Wind God and Thunder God Screens) by Tawaraya Sotatsu, painted over 400 years [ more… ]