Microsoft Hong Kong https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:23:18 GMT en-US hourly 1 Great Windows Azure Introduction Videos https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/great-windows-azure-introduction-videos Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:41:58 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/12/21/great-windows-azure-introduction-videos/ I was just looking around for good Windows Azure introduction resources and I came to this page.

https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Azure-Developer-Experience-Videos

5 minute videos to show you how you can test and deploy .NET, Java, or PHP project to Windows Azure.

It cannot be easier.  :)

If you have always been afraid to try Windows Azure, then you gotta watch one of these videos.

Enjoy!

 

]]> Developing your social game on Windows Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/developing-your-social-game-on-windows-azure Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:00:14 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/12/05/developing-your-social-game-on-windows-azure/ If you have thought about developing your own social game (on whatever platform you prefer), you must have thought about the backend services of your app.

It's essential to have a scalable and reliable backend so that your services can cater for any spike in traffic. Afterall, if your social game is slow or has downtime during peak hours, who's gonna play again?

Windows Azure is our platform-as-a-service cloud solution that can host your social gaming backend. (I am not going to bore you with Windows Azure 101, you can visit www.windowsazure.com to find out more).

Anyway. There is an Azure toolkit that can help you with all the heavy-lifting of your backends, such as authentication, starting games, multi-player communication, game state, and
more. You can download it here. If you want to learn more about it, you can watch this video about building a social game with the toolkit on Windows 8.

]]> The Amazing Future Vision Video https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/the-amazing-future-vision-video Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:03:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/11/03/the-amazing-future-vision-video/ Microsoft has been on a roll these days, with the recent waves of new excitment in Mango, Kinect, and Win 8. Microsoft is surface its momentum in launching a video that shows the Vision of the future.

The amazing thing is that the video is based current technologies, whether it is in very early development stage or it is already in production. “All of the ideas in the video are based on real technology,” saids Kurt DelBene, Microsoft’s Office chief, in a blog post on Thursday. “Some of the capabilities, such as speech recognition, real time collaboration and data visualization already exist today. Others are not yet available in specific products, but represent active research and development happening at Microsoft and other companies.”

This centainly gets me excited about the technology enabled future. With the current trend of apps, it means everyone will be pitching in for our future technologies.

 “We see an expanded definition of productivity where it’s not just about getting things done,” said David Jones, Microsoft’s director of envisioning. “It’s also about doing the right things, and doing them well and enjoying the process with other people in a very natural way.”

Visit our MSDN TV to see what we have to say about our latest development stories.

 

Tell us what you think! You can be a big part of our technology visioned future

 

]]> Do you Kinect? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/do-you-kinect Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:24:44 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/11/02/do-you-kinect/ I am not going to say more until you watch the video first!

Extremely cool.

I had goose-bumps after watching it, even on the second time.

For developers, I think this is something you’ve gotta try. With one line of code (plus a few lines of initialization), you can get the joint locations of the person standing in front of the Kinect sensor. What’s missing is your idea. That’s it! Show us what you got!

Start coding NOW! http://research.microsoft.com/kinectsdk/

More information from the Microsoft PR post: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2011/oct11/10-31KinectEffect.mspx

For more information about business applications using Kinect, visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Kinect/Kinect-Effect.

 

]]> Augmented Reality with Kinect https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/augmented-reality-with-kinect Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:35:11 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/10/23/augmented-reality-with-kinect/ I am hugely fascinated with augmented reality technologies.

Look at this video from Microsoft Research.

Human race constantly strive for improvements of our physical space using technologies; living in multi-story buildings, air conditioning, eco-friendly building materials, energy saving lights, etc. At the same time, we put massive amount of effort to expand our cyberspace to close "distances" in the physical world; Web 2.0, social networks, micro-blogging, online videos, VOIP, smart phones, etc. The interface between physical and cyberspace has always been keyboard, mouse, touchscreens.

It is time to blur the gap with something like this.

]]> Multitouch screens will soon be replaced by multitouch surfaces? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/multitouch-screens-will-soon-be-replaced-by-multitouch-surfaces Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:57:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/10/18/multitouch-screens-will-soon-be-replaced-by-multitouch-surfaces/ How cool is this?

Carnegie Mellon University is partnering with Microsoft to research and develop something call OmniTouch.

What is it?

Wearable Multitouch Interface!

And Kinect (depth camera technology) is behind all this. So, for all you .NET developers out there, go get a Kinect and a projector and start coding.

Cool, huh? :)

For more information, you can check out the page on Microsoft Research.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/touch-101711.aspx

]]> 1st day of build https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/1st-day-of-build Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:07:20 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/09/14/1st-day-of-build/ Hi all,

It's me again, I guess everyone watched the keynotes live cast or recording and are all amazed about Windows 8. I am particularly impressed by the 8 seconds boot time on all devices (including the one I have). I am also very overwhelmed by the amount of work they've put in to make these apps communicate.

The three major contracts: Search, Share and Picker are going to be the corner stone for application communication. Also some exciting news on the new WinRT library! One good news is that all of the current development effort will be easily transferable to the Windows 8 environment.

Here are some photos:

Checking in again tomorrow! Any questions? Fire away!

Cheers,

Danny

]]> build in Anaheim https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/build-in-anaheim Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:15:39 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/09/13/build-in-anaheim/ Hi all,

It is my honour to be at Anaheim attending the build conference. Registration is on today and looks like it is going to be a great one. The focus this time of course will be Windows 8. There are already tons of rumors and articles on Windows 8 but I am sure build will give us a lot more stories to tell .

Follow this blog for keynotes and sessions updates in the next few days. 

Cheers,

Danny

]]> 做雲端管家贏取Xbox 360 4GB 遊戲機連 Kinect https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/xbox-360-4gb-kinect Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:21:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/09/04/xbox-360-4gb-kinect/ 大家好，又是我這個暑期實習生在此向大家推介微軟的新活動。(暑假不是已經結束了嗎？為甚麼你這個實習生還在此) 對對對，忘了向大家交代，我的實習生生涯已經結束了。在這短短的三個月多謝大家的支持，在這個暑假中我真到學到了很多，多謝大家。可能因為我太愛吹水的關係，雖然我的實習期已屆滿，但我的上司們仍容許我繼續在此寫Blog為大家介紹更多有關微軟的資訊，在此再一次多謝他們給予我這機會。
所以簡單來說，大家仍會在這裡看到我的筆跡，所以請大家繼續支持啦！

 

今次想跟大家推介這個跟雲端有關係的活動。近年來，「雲技技術」已經成為城中熱話，大家用Windows Live Messenger、SkyDrive和Windows Azure時都會用到雲端。但大家有沒有想到雲端技術除了可以幫大家儲存資料外還可以幫大家管理電腦系統？

Windows Intune就是利用了雲端技術協助大家管理你公司的電腦系統。在從前，要管理一部電腦如為那台電腦更新或安裝軟件時，IT Pro大多要親身到那台電腦面前進行維護。但用了Windows Intune，只要那台電腦裝了Windows Intune和接駁至互聯網，IT pro就可以方便快捷地管理你的電腦。從此維護工作不再受地域或時間的限制。

想感受一下Windows Intune的威力又想羸取巨獎？那就請參加「雲端管家心得大召集」，只要Like Microsoft HK Technical Community，下載試用指定的雲端服務，再加上不多於100字的使用心得，就有機會贏取Xbox 360® 4GB 遊戲機連 Kinect™一份或Arc™ Touch Mouse一個。

活動由即日起至2011年9月28日結束，每兩星期就會選出六份參賽作品，想贏取巨獎就請迅速行動！

詳情請見：雲端管家心得大召集

]]> Final Round for Free Mango Developers Phones https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/mshk/final-round-for-free-mango-developers-phones Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:18:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mshk/2011/08/29/final-round-for-free-mango-developers-phones/ 上次跟大家提過的Free Mango Developer Phone，講及學生開發人員只要製作一個Windows Phone app的prototype，就有機會得到一部Mango developer phones！在第一、第二輪比賽中已經送出了35部，還有最後一輪的比賽在9月9日截止，亦是嬴取餘下的15部Mango developer phones的最後機會！

 

第二輪得獎作品剛剛在Windows Phone Developer Blog 中公佈。作品當中實用性和趣味性亦極高，而且很多作品都能善用Windows Phone 7的Live Tiles來顯示相關資訊，令大家使用apps時可以更方便。

 

得獎作品類別層出不窮，例如有這個apps可以計算不同物體如棒球的速度 (如是者可以用來觀察汽車是否有超速嗎？)

Speed

   

 @jdchibuk (http://speed-windowsphone7.apphb.com/)

 

亦有這個觀察、記錄和預測閃電的Apps。 (看著一大堆記錄雷電的照片的確很壯觀)

ThunderWatch

@philiptweeted (http://philipvanderlinden.com/projects/wpappitup/ThunderWatch/Default.html)

大家心目中有沒有甚麼更好的構思？不妨畫出來跟大家分享，而且還有機會得到一部Mango developer phones，名額還有十五個，大家快點行動了！

 P.S. 參加辦法請見上一篇的文章

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