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Microsoft Bringing Native HDR Display Support In Windows This Year

2 years

After 3D and 4K technologies, HDR is the new trend on high-end TVs. Microsoft believes that HDR will be adopted faster than 4K TVs because consumers can clearly see the difference between a HDR and a regular TV. There are several ...

Watch Microsoft’s GDC Session On Advanced DirectX12 Graphics And Performance

by Microsoft News

3 years

Max McMullen, Principal Development Lead at Microsoft gave a session on Advanced DirectX12 Graphics and Performance at GDC yesterday. You can watch his full session above. DirectX12 enables next generation games to deliver bett...

Microsoft Talks About Developing Games For Windows 10 And Xbox (Video)

by Microsoft News

3 years

Windows 10 brings together one core operating system, one application platform, one gaming social network, one store, and one ingestion path across all Windows PCs, Tablets, Phones and Xbox One consoles – that’s more than 1.5 ...

GDC Starts Tomorrow, Phil Spencer Will Talk About The Future Of Gaming Across The Microsoft Ecosystem

by Microsoft News

3 years

At GDC 2015 which starts tomorrow, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, will discuss the future of gaming and the many ways game developers can create innovative game content and experiences for the entire Microsoft ecosystem, including Xb...

Microsoft Xbox Will Showcase New Games And Announcements On Game Development For Windows 10 And Xbox One Next ...

by Pradeep

3 years

As we reported last month, Microsoft’s Xbox team will showcase the latest and greatest games and announcements on game development for Windows 10 devices and Xbox One at GDC next month. At GDC 2015, Xbox will share new tools...

Microsoft’s GDC Sessions Revealed, The Future Of Gaming Across The Microsoft Ecosystem Will Be Revealed

by Microsoft News

3 years

Game Developers Conference (GDC) is scheduled to happen on March 2-6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Microsoft has planned over 16 sessions at GDC this year. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox and gaming at Microsoft, will discuss e...

Report: Microsoft Working On 3D Virtual Reality Device May Be Shown Off At GDC

by surilamin

4 years

Many developers descending on the Game Developers Conference (GDC) are expected to come toting prototype videogames, movies and virtual-reality goggles—updates of offerings that ignited a short-lived technology craze in the ear...

Next Windows Phone 7 resolution is Half-VGA

by Surur

8 years

In an unexpected turn, it appears Windows Phone 7 series is heading to the low-end after all. In a blog post Shawn Hargreaves revealed that the next supported screen resolution after WVGA will in fact be half VGA, 2.5 times less t...

Multi-player gaming on Windows phone 7 explained

by Surur

8 years

Here is another session from GDC on Windows Phone 7, tackling the touching issue of multi-player gaming. Again, as previously mentioned,multi-player gaming is designed more on the level of web-based flash gaming than Halo 2, which...

Windows Phone 7 notifications explained

by Surur

8 years

At GDC, Microsoft has finally lifted the veil on Windows Phone 7 Push notifications. I think most people would recognize the system as very iPhone-like, which is rather interesting considering Appleâ€™s recent actions against...

More GDC Windows Phone 7 info

by Surur

8 years

Pocketnow, who are attending GDC, have published this video overview of Windows Phone 7 presentations at GDC. Part 1 givens an overview of the Xbox Live service on Windows Phone 7, and part 2, after the break, provides some more d...

Windows Phone 7 titbits from GDC

by Surur

8 years

Pocketnow are at GDC, and have posted some bits of Windows Phone 7 info today. They note that Windows Phone 7 has been designed with OLED screens in mind, explaining the predominance of black (which is power-saving on OLED screens...