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Microsoft Store adds new Oculus Rift VR demos powered by Windows 10 Microsoft Store continues to make it easier than ever for customers to experience virtual reality by rolling out four new VR game demos on Oculus Rift, powered by Windows 10, this week. Customers can try new demos including one of the biggest exclusive games for Oculus Rift, Rock Band VR, as well as Fruit Ninja VR, Lumiere’s Dress Rehearsal and Robo Recall. Rift and Windows 10 make it easy to step into new worlds and experience VR gaming like never before, while Oculus Touch motion controllers feel as natural as your own hands. Whether you’re rocking out onstage or mowing down waves of rogue robots, experience how powerful and interactive hands-on virtual reality can be. Microsoft Store is the destination to try these experiences before you buy, empowering [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: How to create your first Club and Looking for Group post The Xbox app brings together your gaming world across Xbox One and Windows 10 devices; that includes your friends, your games, your achievements, your avatar, access to the Xbox and Windows Stores and more. You can easily stay connected to the Xbox Live community, view your Gamerscore leaderboard across devices, view your GameDVR clips, start Party chats, stream your favorite games from Xbox One to any Windows 10 PC in your home while using your Xbox Wireless controller and more. Today, we’re going to show you how to get started creating your first Club and Looking for Group posts in the Xbox app: Clubs are online meeting places created by the Xbox community for people to play and socialize. Join clubs that interest you, or create [ more… ]

Cortana at your fingertips, now on Android lock screen Since releasing Cortana* on Android and iOS a year ago in the US and more recently in the UK, you have been telling us what you liked and how you’d like it to be improved and we’re excited to tell you more about what we’ve been up to this month. The information you need to keep on top of your day is now at your fingertips with Cortana above the lock on Android. We introduced the ability to get Cortana on your lock screen earlier this month so you could quickly swipe and see what Cortana’s got for you for the day. Today, you can now interact with Cortana above the lock. Quickly get answers to your questions, set a reminder and more without having to unlock your device. We’ve also [ more… ]

How the UWP Community Toolkit helps Windows developers easily create well-designed and user-friendly apps In August 2016, we introduced the open-source UWP Community Toolkit. It simplifies app development and enables developers to collaborate and contribute new capabilities on top of the Windows SDK for Windows 10. Developers can leverage the UWP Community Toolkit to build UWP apps for any Windows 10 device, including PC, mobile, Xbox, the Internet of Things and Hololens. We recently caught up with two developers who have used the toolkit to help create their apps. Hermit Dave developed the Daily Mail Online app for Windows. It’s the official Windows app for the Daily Mail, a British newspaper. David Bottiau is a member of the Github organization, UWP Squad. He developed a Windows 10 app for TVShow Time, a site that helps you track your favorite TV [ more… ]

CSS Custom Properties in Microsoft Edge Beginning with EdgeHTML 15 in the Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft Edge introduces support for CSS Custom Properties, a new primitive value type to fully cascade variables across CSS properties. You can preview CSS Custom Properties in Windows Insider Preview builds beginning with EdgeHTML 15.15061. Check out our Custom Properties Pooch demo to see them in action! Check out our Custom Properties Pooch demo to see CSS Custom Properties in action! What are CSS Custom Properties? SASS/LESS and other pre-processors have been offering variables in CSS for years, which is one of the reasons why, in an informal poll, ~75% of polled web developers incorporate these tools in their day to day workflow. However, the biggest downfall of these tools is that they are effectively a “find & replace” of the specified value. This [ more… ]