Good morning and thanks for popping in to our cozy little corner of the blogosphere, it's week two of the Ultimate Coder: Going Perceptual Challenge and I'm here to give you the low-down on what we've been up to!
I've just made a warm pot of tea and have managed to find a single perfectly formed biscuit in the tin (Rob's brutish foraging has left most of them in pieces, what a crime!) but I've got what I need to get comfortable and reveal all…
At Mobile World Congress 2013, we are very happy to be conducting a class on the new:
In support of that class, here are some helpful links & files you need if you are attending the class.
First, go get the Intel HTML5 App Porter Tool (BETA), all you need to do is a short registration (just submit an email address), & download it here:
Download Source: Gradebook Code Sample Page
Download Gradebook Sample App [PDF 835KB]
The gradebook sample application showcases how to use Portable Class Libraries to demonstrate sharing logic across application platform targets including Windows Desktop and the Windows Store. The app then follows the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern to bind to the data. We use this approach to create classes and objects that can be reused in various client applications.
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I recently had the chance to interview Mark Davis about a Map Panning Application that he wrote that takes advantage of Windows 8* Ultrabook(tm) Sensors. He ran into some interesting issues along the way. |
It is known that the Windows Store apps API is missing some commonly used thread functions, such as function CreateThread() and those that work with TLS keys. This is yet another great opportunity to move your application development from thread-based parallelism to task-based parallelism. This post shows step-by-step instructions for writing an example that uses parallelism and that can pass validation by the Windows App Certification Kit (WACK). This example can be expanded upon to support clients for online games and more.
Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK - How To Use the SDK with the Unity* Game Engine
I've been using my 3rd generation Intel core powered Ultrabook and WIndows 8 for a few months and it's amazing, however one cool feature has been lacking; WiDi. WiDi is a display technology that sends HDMI signal to an external display (like a TV) over WiFi. I had tried getting it going in November but with no success, as Windows 8 was so new.
