This document discusses opportunities for indie game developers on Windows and Windows Phone platforms. It notes that customers are downloading more games than any other app type and are willing to spend money. The Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms provide opportunities to give customers what they want through a shared development experience across devices. Several indie developers are highlighted who have found success on the Windows platforms with one game achieving over 1 million downloads. The document promotes resources and programs available to indie developers, including free developer accounts and the Imagine Cup game development competition.
Mixed Reality blends people, places and things across a full spectrum ranging from the real-world to digital virtual worlds. This session is your introduction to building 3D applications and games for Windows Mixed Reality using C#, Visual Studio and Unity. We’ll start with a quick recap of Mixed Reality, the HoloLens device, immersive headsets and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), and talk about interacting with holograms using gaze, gestures and voice. Next, we’ll dive into building 3D apps for Windows Mixed Reality in Unity with C#, using the Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unity, exporting our project to Visual Studio and running it on either a HoloLens device, an immersive Mixed Reality headset or the HoloLens Emulator. Science fiction becomes science fact, and Unity & UWP developers are at the front of this revolution. Come learn how to get started and build your journey into a world of holograms you create.
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Windows 8 App and Game Development LandscapeJim O'Neil
An overview of many of the options to create and monetize Windows 8 applications for the Windows Store. [Presented 12/3/2012 at Microsoft Store Boston]
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Windows Phone 8 Wave Guide Montreal Code Camp - The Windows Phone opportunityFrédéric Harper
Microsoft launched Windows Phone in November 2010. 120,000+ apps later and the platform is a credible competitor in the smartphone space. We will look at the history of Windows Phone, where it is today and what Microsoft is expecting out of Windows Phone for the future.
Let's discuss .NET software development platform in detail and identify some cool features on it. Also, You will be able to see a couple of short demos on .NET application development
Cortana intelligence suite for projects & hacksLee Stott
Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Suite the perfect selection of APIs and Tools for Student UG Projects and Master Project and the best tool kits for hackathons
Project Oxford - Introduction to advanced Manchine Learning APILee Stott
Started creating more engaging and personal applications using Project Oxford. This video is the first in a series that will introduce you to Project Oxford. In this video you will learn what Project Oxford is and how to get started working with it. In the next videos in the series you will learn how get the project working locally and how to deploy it to Azure.
Windows 8 App and Game Development LandscapeJim O'Neil
An overview of many of the options to create and monetize Windows 8 applications for the Windows Store. [Presented 12/3/2012 at Microsoft Store Boston]
Mob324 Windows IoT Core Dave Glover Microsoft AustraliaDave Glover
Windows 10 IoT Core slides from Microsoft Australia Ignite 2015 presentation. Understand Windows 10 IoT Core and how to develop for it. All source code at http://www.github.com/gloveboxes
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Microsoft launched Windows Phone in November 2010. 120,000+ apps later and the platform is a credible competitor in the smartphone space. We will look at the history of Windows Phone, where it is today and what Microsoft is expecting out of Windows Phone for the future.
Let's discuss .NET software development platform in detail and identify some cool features on it. Also, You will be able to see a couple of short demos on .NET application development
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Imagine at Microsoft - Resources for Students and EducatorsLee Stott
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Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
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Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
7. Why Games.... Demand
Customers are downloading
more games than any other type
of app
Customers are willing to spend
money for the privilege
There is an opportunity here to
give customers what they
want
8.
9. Windows 8
Touch-first, full-screen UX
Integrated store
Existing dev skills, assets
ARM + x86/64 support
http://dev.windows.com
http://design.windows.com
10. Windows Phone 8
Shared core with Windows 8
Common programming model
Reusable code
Native games
http://dev.windowsphone.com
13. Amazing Entry Level Devices >£150
Nokia Lumia 520
Nokia Lumia 620
Nokia Lumia 720
14. Amazing High Spec Devices including 6inch devices
Nokia Lumia 1020
Nokia Lumia 1520
Nokia Lumia 925
15. This is all great news, but what does it
mean for indie developers..
Developing for Windows 8 and Windows Phone?
16. Mudvark: Mortar Melon. More than 450,000 downloads...
Windows Phone 8 version just released
750,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
17. Yippee Entertainment: Chimpact – #1 Paid App worldwide in
Windows 8 store during the first half of March 2013. Available
on Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
No.1 App WW
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
18. Joy Bits: Doodle God
Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows 8 launch,
Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8.
1,000,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
19. Rebellion: Dredd vs Zombie
Over 1 million downloads within 9 months of Windows 8 launch,
Significant code re-use from Windows Phone to Windows 8.
1,550,000+
Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2011/12/06/announcing-the-new-windows-store.aspx
20.
21. FREE Windows 8 Developer Account
FREE Windows Phone Developer Account
FREE Xbox 360 Creator Account
FREE Software, tools and resources
http://www.dreamspark.com
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Active Dates (GMT): Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00 - Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:59
Join the global game revolution.
Today, great games come from anywhere and people play them everywhere. On their phones, on their
computers, on their tablets, in their browser, with their friends, with anyone, with everyone.
The Imagine Cup Games Competition is a global contest for the best new student games and the winning
team will take home $50,000 (US).
Create a desktop or tablet game using Windows, or a mobile game using Windows Phone, or a browser game
using Windows Azure and you could win big at the Imagine Cup World Finals in Seattle 2014.
27. 1.Becoming
part of the
conversation
2. Building trust
and
long-term
relationships
3. Engendering
platform
adoption –
but only if
we can do
1 & 2 first
4. Working with
indie startups makes us
a better
company
It is in our DNA.
Microsoft’s mission is to enable people and business around
the world to realise their full potential.
28. What is the full breadth of our offering?
Microsoft Ventures
29. Made in Creative UK
Windows Store Spotlight
Made in Creative UK is a new campaign to increase recognition of the UK’s creative
talent.
The UK games industry is the largest in Europe and has developed some of the
most respected video game franchises
Made in Creative UK are inviting UK developers to display the Made in Creative UK
logo in their games and to play their part in recognising the economic and cultural
contribution of the UK games sector to the global games industry.
https://www.facebook.com/WindowsUK
https://www.facebook.com/windowsphoneuk
34. What makes us unique?
Access to global partner ecosystem
Zero equity
Well-funded, fully staffed
Strong curriculum
1:1 mentoring
Global Alumni Network
Publishing access to Windows 8, Windows Phone &
XboxOne
• Continuation plans
Microsoft Ventures
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38. Lift Studio In-Residence Studio
• “In-Residence” Studio based at Microsoft Lift London Studio, Soho
• Advice/guidance/Mentorship from industry experts
• Investment
• Access to Hardware and Technology
• New “In-Residence” Team wanted Start Feb 2014 in Soho Office,
London Contact liftres@microsoft.com
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40.
41. AppCampus
• A three year project, based in
Aalto University: a fusion of engineering +
business + design
• Funded with 21M€ by Microsoft, Nokia
and Aalto University.
• A new kind of seed accelerator for next
generation of mobile experience offering
€20k - €70k
• http://www.appcampus.fi
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42. A Go-To-Market slingshot
A Unique Accelerator
• No Equity Dilution
• No Revenue Share required
• IPRs remain property of developers
Four key facets
• Award Platform
• AppCademy Coaching Program
• Global Alumni Network
• Go-To-Market -support
Our only demand is 90 days exclusivity to Windows-platform
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43. Criteria
Differentiation: Brand New App, OR existing App with differentiated
features X WP.
Mass Market Appeal: potential to generage + 1/2 M
Downloads/Year and/or 10Ks€ of Revenue/Year.
Great Team: experienced in Apps/Services on key mobile platforms
with proven design, technical & biz capabilities.
Convincing overall proposal: App design, features/content,
technical solution, business model.
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44. Key Features
Live Tiles & Secondary Tile
Push Notifications
Lock Screen (WP8)
Try and Buy
In App Purchase (WP8)
Speech (WP8)
Deals/Wallet (WP8)
NFC (WP8)
Nokia MixRadio (WP8, App to App Communication)
Nokia Maps/LBS
Lenses (WP8)
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