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Using an Accelerometer to Build a Game Controller
The XNA team created their XNA Game Studio to simplify the creation of games for: Windows, the Xbox...
Date: 06/29/2010
Making Sense of Sensor Permissions
In this, my first Sensor and Location Team Blog post, I will discuss sensor permissions. I’ll...
Date: 06/25/2010
Understanding Access Denied when working with ISensor::GetState() and ISensor::GetProperty()
In last week’s blog post we provided best practice guidance for Sensor State management in Location...
Date: 04/27/2010
State Transition in Location Drivers : Best practices
This post will be talking about best practices for handling state to get the best behaviors from the...
Date: 04/13/2010
Developing Your First Sensor Driver – Part 2
In the last blog post we investigated the fundamental characteristics of a sensor driver (properties...
Date: 03/30/2010
Developing Your First Sensor Driver – Part 1
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) is a great place to get started when writing your first sensor driver....
Date: 03/23/2010
Overview of Adaptive Brightness in Windows 7
So you just got yourself a new laptop. Congratulations! Did you notice that it has an Ambient Light...
Date: 03/09/2010
The Parallax Introduction to Sensors Kit
Accelerometers, motion-sensors, distance-sensors, and compasses. What do these sensors have in...
Date: 03/03/2010
Introducing Location in .NET 4.0
The .NET Framework 4.0 RC, which is integrated with Visual Studio 2010, is now available for...
Date: 02/23/2010
The Sensor and Location Drill Down – Part 3: The Location API
Over the last few weeks we have been providing an introduction to the Sensor and Location Platform...
Date: 02/10/2010
The Sensor and Location Drill Down - Part 2: The Sensor API
We continue our overview of the Sensor and Location Platform this time focusing on the Sensor API....
Date: 01/27/2010
The Sensor and Location Platform Drill Down – Part 1 : The Sensor DDI
Welcome back and Happy New Year! As we resume our blog in the new year, we begin by doing a series...
Date: 01/12/2010
Sensor & Location Platform – The 50,000-Foot View
The Sensor & Location platform for Windows 7 is essentially a set of COM APIs designed to...
Date: 12/15/2009
Welcome to the Sensor & Location Platform Team Blog
Welcome to the Sensor and Location Platform Team Blog. We’re the ones who brought this new platform...
Date: 12/08/2009