Contents tagged with SilverlightDC
Kinect SDK DC Launch at CapArea.NET Silverlight!
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Now that the wraps are off on the Kinect SDK Beta, we can proudly announce that the June 2011 meeting of the CapArea.NET Silverlight Special Interest Group will host the Kinect SDK DC Launch Event. (Add to Calendar)
Details below:
Meeting June 23rd at Microsoft's Chevy Chase Office @ 7pm
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Summer Field Trip: Kinect SDK!
Topic: Kinect SDK DC Launch
When: Thursday, June 23 @ 7PM
Where: Microsoft Chevy Chase Office
Presenter: Joshua Blake
Our usual location at Excella HQ isn't available this month. So we've lined up space at the Microsoft Office in Chevy Chase on Wisconsin Ave. (Metro stop: Friendship Heights)
Now that it's all been officially annnounced, we can now proudly announce that the June meeting of the Sivlerlight SIG, will be all about the KinectSDK!
Yesterday, Microsoft officially opened up the Kinect to indie developers with SDK beta. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers.
It enables the academic and enthusiast communities’ easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.
Come to the DC launch to learn the new features of this SDK!
Speaker Bio:
Joshua Blake is an integrator (developer-designer hybrid) with extensive experience developing Natural User Interfaces for Microsoft Surface and Windows 7. He is a Microsoft Surface MVP and is deeply involved in the Microsoft Surface and NUI communities.
He maintains the InfoStrat.VE and Blake.NUI open source projects on CodePlex and founded the OpenKinect community. Joshua maintains a blog “Deconstructing the NUI” at http://nui.jos
Stay tuned for updates.
Microsoft Chevy Chase Office
5404 Wisconsin Ave
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 [map]June 23 at 7:00 PM
Friendship Heights Metro Station
Obligatory Chevy Chase Joke
Kinect SDK DC Launch Now Online
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Speaking of NUI, the KinectSDK DC Launch with Joshua Blake event was an amazing success.
Based on popular demand, we streamed the event live and recorded it for posterity.
You can watch the UStream recording here (which has an odd pitch) or the corrected YouTube version.
Sadly, our fancy title graphics did not make the recording.
Silverlight DC Meeting On the XNA Framework and Windows Phone 7
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.This Thursday, Jan 19 at 7PM, the CapArea Silverlight SIG presents Franklin Balaquer on XNA on Windows Phone.
The XNA Framework and Windows Phone 7 - Franklin BalaguerThursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Abstract:
XNA Game Studio and the XNA Framework are designed for cross-platform gaming scenarios with support for Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows-based PCs. This allows you to target more platforms from the same code base. XNA Game Studio includes the XNA Framework, a set of managed libraries designed for game development based on the Microsoft .NET Framework.
In this workshop, I will go over some free resources available to help you create your own Windows Phone 7 game and then sell it on the WindowsPhone MarketPlace. I will also touch on the basics of XNA (drawing a sprite, handling of input touch, playing sounds, and game state management). Lastly, I will discuss the certification process for getting your game approved and placed on the MarketPlace.Bio:
Franklin Balaguer is U.S. Air Force veteran. He spent 8 years in the Air Force managing vehicle fleets at various bases in the United States and while deployed overseas. Frank got his start with computers writing programs to automate tasks and processes everywhere he encountered them. While in the Air Force, he also acquired several certifications including the Microsoft Certified System Engineer, which help him land a job at Accenture. Frank has been with Accenture for the past 11 years helping to write and deliver software to thier clients.
Speaking on JavaScript at Feb Silverlight DC Meeting
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.I’ll be speaking Wednesday, Feb 22nd a the CapArea.NET Silverlight SIG.
Apparently, the Mayans were right about 2012: I’ll be speaking about JavaScript at the Silverlight SIG.
Thursday, Feb 22nd @ 7PM at
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Dr ScriptLove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love JavaScriptThursday, February 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Where: 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA [map]
JavaScript: the name alone instills loathing and dread into the hearts of developers. The language, which is neither Java nor script, used to be safely confined to the browser, as a tool of last resort.
Then something happened: like a horror film, JavaScript started appear everywhere -- even on the server!
Despite numerous attempts to crush the language, it has grown and thrived. Love or hate it, JavaScript is a fact of life for developers in the 2010s.
This presentation is about one die-hard Silverlight/C# developer's savage journey into the heart of JavaScript and how he came to realize: it's not that bad after all.
Speaker Bio:
Frank La Vigne has been hooked on software development since he was 12 when he got his own Commodore 64 computer. Frank now works for Microsoft as a Public Sector Developer Evangelist. He blogs regularly at www.FranksWorld.com. A Silverlight/XAML guy through and through, he's slowly come to realize that HTML5 and JavaScript aren't all that bad.
