It ’s Windows 10 day!Again . This fourth dimension though , Microsoft had a short ton of in depth announcements about complimentary upgrades , the future of Windows Phones , play Xbox games on PC , and putting holodeck goggles on your face . Here are the highlights .
Windows 10 Is a Free Upgrade for the First Year
require Windows 10 ? You get it : for free . This is a ocean change in Microsoft ’s scheme when it comes to upgrades . Gratis upgrade will be usable for Windows 7 , 8.1 and even Windows Phone 8.1 users for a full year .
Project Hololens: Microsoft’s Audacious Plan to Make Anywhere a Holodeck
VR ? Meh . Microsoft is fit the holodeck path with something call Project Hololens . These are holographical glasses and they ’ll be coming out around the same time as Windows 10 . Man , this certain seem awe-inspiring and coolheaded and in all probability also janky and questionably utilitarian ! We ’ll find out first - hand soon though ; Microsoft will be register off the tech to attendees later today .
Here Is Microsoft’s Demo of Those Crazy Holodeck Glasses
Today , Microsoft announcedProject Hololens , its crazy attempt to make a goggle - based faceputer that will project VR all over your day-to-day life history . We have n’t had a chance to prove it on just yet , but here ’s video of Microsoft ’s alive demonstration from the keynote .
Windows 10 Has Cortana Voice Commands Baked Into Every Cranny
Microsoft ’s Cortana spokesperson - assistant is come to Windows 10 as we await . Now you ’ll be able-bodied to speak command and ask interrogation throughout the operating scheme . At its gist , it ’s like to the assistantwe’ve seen on Windows Phone , but this a whole young sort of experience .
You’ll Soon Be Able to Stream Xbox One Games to Your PC or Tablet
Microsoft just announced that later this year you ’ll be able-bodied to pour Xbox One games to any Windows 10 twist in your house . Which is freaking egg .
This Is What Windows 10 Looks Like on a Phone
Last September , Microsoft pulled the pall offWindows9 10 , its newfangled finger’s breadth - skipping operating system with versions for phones , tablets , computers , everything . We’ve seenbits and piece of music of the newfangled desktop through Microsoft ’s preview program , but nothing on the wandering side . Until now .
Microsoft Office Will Be Free on Windows 10 Phones and Tablets
Microsoft will bundle the all - young Office , including Word , Excel , and PowerPoint as part of Window 10 for phones and tablets , Joe Belfiore announced during Microsoft ’s two - hour - long Windows 10 case . However , there was no reference whether this generous app gift - gift would extend to the screen background .
Microsoft Surface Hub: An 84-Inch 4K Do-It-All Display
It ’s an 84 - column inch , 4 kelvin presentation that runs Windows 10 . This is not the Microsoft Surface we were ask . It ’s outfitted with tremendous speaker , an tremendous multi - touch airfoil with support for multiple fighting playpen and dual - television camera depth detector that detect when you walk up to it . This is the Microsoft Surface Hub and , unsurprisingly , it ’s designed specifically for the league room .
Microsoft’s New Xbox App Brings Game DVR and Chat to Your PC
Windows 10 is about universal apps , and getting everything on all your devices . That admit the new Xbox app , which you ’ll receive on PC , Xbox , and mobile . It ’ll lease you text and chatter and do everything you sleep with on Xbox Live across every Windows gimmick you have . The biggest and well news ? It’lllet you stream your Xbox One games to any Windows 10 gimmick .
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