Parents, here’s your chance to be jealous of the toys kids today are getting! Yesterday, Microsoft revealed that they’re working on Project Zanzibar, a play mat that can work with physical toys, mapping playtime to a paired computer. If you’ve got a kid who is all-in on Minecraft, you’re going to want to read more! The […]
If you’re a PC user, you might have noticed some recent changes to Windows 10 — or maybe you didn’t! Microsoft started pushing out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to users earlier this month, and while the update added a few new goodies, the overall changes aren’t super obvious. We’ve been checking out some of […]
The HP Elite X3 came out at a strange time. HP announced the device, a premium smartphone running Windows 10, in February of last year. Positioned as an enterprise device, it was meant to lead efforts among Microsoft and its partners to champion Windows 10 as a viable smartphone platform. Thing is, HP might have […]
When Microsoft talked about their upcoming Mixed Reality platform late last year, they mentioned HP, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and Dell as hardware partners. We saw a lot of those headsets last month at IFA, and while they all had their own style, they were all the same on the spec sheet — dual 1440 x 1440 […]
Last month, Microsoft got the Xbox One X party started by putting up a limited Scorpio edition of the console for preorder, paying tribute to the console’s popular development code name. Those are all sold out now, so Microsoft’s ready to move on to the much less limited edition — starting this week, the regular Xbox […]
Chances are you’ve heard of Cuphead at least in passing. The indie game made its debut at E3 2014 with a trailer showcasing the game’s art, and it’s been talked about excitedly in gaming circles since. No wonder — Cuphead looks like nothing that’s come before it, although its gameplay treads on well-worn and well-loved ground for longtime […]
IFA 2017 was big for Microsoft’s upcoming Mixed Reality platform. Arriving with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update on October 17, Windows Mixed Reality combines virtual reality with the internal tracking features Microsoft introduced on their HoloLens headset. That’s allowed for Mixed Reality headsets that don’t require external light towers to work — you can roam […]
Now that we’ve seen all those (very similar) mixed reality headsets announced at IFA this week, it’s time for the ringleader to have their say. HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, and Lenovo are all building the headsets around Microsoft’s Mixed Reality platform, which is effectively a VR platform with concepts from Microsoft’s enterprise HoloLens headset added […]
We’re almost a year on from Microsoft revealing their grand plans for changing reality as you know it. With their Mixed Reality initiative, Microsoft hoped to bring together VR and AR experiences, all while getting rid of the need for the kind of external tracking units that high-end first-gen VR rigs like the Oculus Rift […]
When Microsoft announced a new skills kit for Cortana alongside the Echo-like Harman Kardon Invoke smart home speaker, we figured Cortana was getting ready to step all over Alexa’s turf. Today, it looks like that’s not necessarily the case. Amazon and Microsoft have made a joint announcement that Alexa and Cortana will now be able […]
When Microsoft talked about their mixed reality platform last year, they mentioned that HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, and Lenovo would all be making lower-cost headsets that would make VR cheaper and more accessible, if at the cost of providing a high-end experience. HP and Acer have already launched their headsets, Dell introduced their Visor earlier this […]
VR headsets still haven’t caught on as a mainstream thing, and there are a lot of reasons for that — price, the PC hardware needed to power really good games, and the fact that hopping in and out of VR isn’t exactly the most convenient thing to do. Microsoft has tried to address price by spearheading […]
Usually in the tech industry these days, we’re just happy when hardware gets more than two years of consistent support — let alone 10 more on top of that! Today brings good news for Xbox 360 owners, the last-gen video game console from Microsoft that preceded the Xbox One. Hulu has made their new streaming interface […]
Got a 4K TV and need more ways to get your money’s worth out of it? The Xbox One X, the superpowered 4K version of Microsoft’s current video game console, is finally available for preorder today ahead of its release on November 7. Microsoft shared the news today at Gamescom, alongside the addition of some […]
If you’ve been working on your low-quality artistic tribute to the demise of Microsoft Paint, you might want to chuck that file into the trash along with almost every other Paint creation ever. Headlines that Microsoft would be killing off their longtime art program started circulating this week, but as it turns out, you’ll be […]
We’ve said it here plenty of times — technology isn’t making it easy on kids. We’ve already seen the likes of Chevrolet introduce tracking tech that alerts parents to kids sneaking out with the car at night, and now we’ve got a smart home assistant that will give kids the business if they’re not polite enough. […]
An era Microsoft would soon like to forget has just come to an end. After spirited attempts at breaking into the smartphone market, including a disastrous acquisition of Nokia’s handset division, Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows Phone 8.1, only three years after it was first introduced alongside Cortana. As of this week, Microsoft […]
They’ve been building up to it for a while, and now Microsoft is finally ready to make Windows as a whole into a subscription. Don’t worry if you’re a home user, though — Microsoft’s not going to be hounding you for monthly shakedowns. The new Microsoft 365 packages are made for businesses, combining Microsoft’s many enterprise […]
How do you survive in a sunless world? You’ll have to answer that in Ashen, an indie RPG in development for the Xbox One and Windows 10. The slow-paced open world action game has, perhaps appropriately, not seen much sunlight since it was announced at E3 2015. The developers at Aurora 44 were ready to shine […]
Ready for a proper pirate adventure? Better get your mates together! Sea of Thieves is a co-op pirate game coming in 2018 for Windows 10 and Xbox One, and after a low-key reveal at last year’s E3, it’s got plenty of wind it its sails at this year’s show. In Sea of Thieves, you’re part of […]
Microsoft has been killing it lately, but many of their great recent hardware announcements have been geared towards the prosumer. That’s why we were so excited to test the Surface Laptop, which is designed with students in mind. But after spending nearly a week with it, we can testify to the fact that more than […]
