This week Microsoft had several interesting announcements at this year’s BUILD conference keynote.
1. All retail Xbox One consoles can become development kits free of charge.
a. Xbox Dev Mode is available starting today as a preview and will be finalized as a full release this summer.
2. The Hololens development kits started shipping this week, still cost $3,000 though.
a. Showed off Holoportation- Full 3D Holographic video capture and transition. Princess Leia Star Wars scene.
b. https://youtu.be/tIl7UMUxKJo
3. The cornerstone of the keynote was the Microsoft Bot Framework.
a. This tool in preview lets developers build their own chatbots into apps.
b. Chatbot- Programs that chat-based conversations between a user and an automated response system. Can be so realistic some users don’t realize they’re talking/texting with a chatbots.
c. Skype will get chatbots built in for desktop, iOS and Android and its own Skype Bot platform. Examples included booking a hotel room and arranging delivery of cupcakes.
Welcome to episode 167 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgardo Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about video game news, Batman’s penis, PG-13 Deadpool, tons of superhero casting news, movie trailer showdown and more...
That’s it for the show
If you like the podcast and want to help support us you can find out all the ways to do so at geekbytespodcast.com/support
Thanks for watching and listening.
For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
(Music 9)
Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
