In today's society, devices such as smartphones or tablets have become indispensable, and have done so in record time.The key to its success has been to combine a huge range of uses, facilities and services in the same site and make it more accessible. What will be the next evolution of technology? Of course, Microsoft itself is very clear.
The Universal Windows Platform (UWP), or the Universal Windows Platform in the Cervantes language is not a device in itself, but the system that communicates all Windows associated devices 10 .In fact, we are not talking about something that will happen in the future, but since it is a reality and is beginning to settle among users of PC, Surface, Xbox or Windows smartphones.But, What is the UWP?
Microsoft took a giant step with the arrival of Windows 10, since with this operating system set the goal of converging all its present and future devices for users, but also for their accounts, something similar to the Google ecosystem, but with other types of applications that would lead to new uses.In this way, the user experience on consoles, tablets or PCs would be absolutely shared, separating the service from the device and linked to the set of media associated with Windows.
This would allow, for example, the purchases we made on Xbox One could be made or enjoyed on PC; that is to say, it would be possible to play in streaming from our video console on the screen of our Smart TV, tablet or directly from the computer taking advantage of the same WiFi network, but also that our agenda associated with Outlook or our documents of the Office package are turned over in all associated with this ecosystem.
Thus, the first step would be the path to unification for users .To make it feasible, the Redmond company made a radical but effective decision: the update Windows 10 was free for one year for everyone, being included by default on all new computers and systems .
The system to associate all the devices is very simple.We will only need an email account , which can be Outlook, Hotmail or the one we use regularly.In fact, it is possible to associate more than one account to the same device and filter its utilities.In this way, we can have our personal email associated to acquire apps, but the email we use to work in the mail service, and that the agenda associated with both is reflected in the contents of our Hololens interface.
Does that mean the system is already implemented? Yes...and not .The UWP continues to gradually add functionalities for current devices, and in fact offers updates with some frequency for these, as is usual today.Thus, it can be said that is increasingly being implemented, and it is already possible to benefit from the UWP.But this is only a first step...that has already reached more than 1,000 million devices.
Microsoft has new projects underway, such as the Hololens, its Augmented Reality project, or Project Scorpio itself, the system that promises to turn the video game industry upside down with its 4 teraflops of power, and both will be two devices that they will get a huge performance to this Windows platform.
However, it is best not to have everything unified on one platform, but what we can do through it, and in Nobbot we have a selection of 7 things that will be the sea of interesting to do and some of them are already available!
That means that if you have the console on your TV in the living room and want to take the game on your computer, it will be possible to continue playing without having to wait or configure or Losing no progress.But the thing does not end there: it is currently possible to broadcast PC games on Xbox One, and it is expected that in the future the use of mouse and keyboard on the console will speed up the passage of many computer titles to the desktop from Microsoft.
This philosophy is also pending implementation in videogames.And it is through the Microsoft Play Anywhere program and with the room for maneuver that gives development studies, if we acquire a game associated with that program digitally, We will receive the corresponding copy of the console and PC without having to pay twice .In other words, if we acquire the new 'Wars of War 4' on Xbox One in the Microsoft digital store, the PC version is included.
But in addition, our achievements, advances, unlocked items and purchases will be shared in both versions.s.What we advance in our PC we will find later in the console, and vice versa.And very soon this will be applied to much more varied contents.
Cortana debuted in the videogames series 'Hello' and has gradually become one of the flags of the unified platform.In fact, Microsoft gives many facilities for us to find and use and , like Siri, is becoming easier and more practical because it is constantly learning .
Cortana has just arrived on the Xbox One and has already come standard with each Windows 10.However, its debut was before the operating system arrived and already from the mobile terminals of Windows we could ask questions with m ayor or less complexity.It is expected that when the Hololens are available, we can feel like the real Iron Man with this wizard , and for the moment it is going in the right direction.
Its premise is that we can access virtually all services that we usually use when combining a screen and mobile phone and to have them available In the same place .For example, when watching a football game, it will be possible to access the history and statistics of any player or see interactive graphics that do not appear on the screen.
Be able to place virtual buttons throughout our house that serve to activate calendars, make video calls and even play with other users, and for this no only technology and hardware are needed, but an ecosystem that allows connecting all of the above, so the UWP is part of the core of this great latent revolution.
With the UWP, Microsoft takes a twist making our digital presence is not linked to a device, but to a device system , but at the same time offering a much smarter communication system thanks to the help of bots.What does that mean? That from my Surface or my mobile I can join other Xbox One users chats, check my personal email or modify my work in the cloud in a completely native way. And Skype will be one of the great protagonists of this equation.
Of course, Cortana, Hololens, Skype and Outlook are four of the great keys to improving the service every time , but with the UWP we can leave the phone in the office or at the gym box office without missing anything, except maybe WhatsApp contacts, or at least until this application passes and joins the Windows platform.
The secret lies in the APIs, a series of resources that make it easier for the programmer to access common functions regardless of the user's configuration.Thus, instead of programming the entire code from scratch, you can concentrate on perfecting your software.
But the advantages of the UWP are not only in offering new and better resources both to those who design software and to the users who would finally benefit from this, but because thanks to the unified store, adapting or transforming apps, games and programs will require a lot more reasonable work added.
Thanks to constant progress in services such as Microsoft OneDrive or Azure, little by little a network of resources and content is developing in which the capacity of our terminal will not be relevant, but that everything will be generated through external servers.In other words, as with Netflix, a service in which we will not need hard drives or optical format readers to watch a movie, everything will be stored, managed and produced online.
That will not only be a huge step for users, but it would enable a huge set of customization, communication and creation possibilities new forms of work and entertainment.The same tablet could be an avant-garde video game console or exactly the same equipment you work with in the office, and you don't know it would be obsolete in the short term. The UWP would be one of the keys to get that jump to be made naturally.
Microsoft's commitment is very strong, and definitely giving away Windows 10 has been a wise decision and that has had its effect .However, we are still in the process of adapting to this new platform and its limits will be set by the developers, but also the needs that arise from these new possibilities.
What is very clear is that the future we saw in superhero movies is just around the corner, and we don't need to be Iron Man to get the most out of it.
Images | Microsoft, Marvel
The Universal Windows Platform (UWP), or the Universal Windows Platform in the Cervantes language is not a device in itself, but the system that communicates all Windows associated devices 10 .In fact, we are not talking about something that will happen in the future, but since it is a reality and is beginning to settle among users of PC, Surface, Xbox or Windows smartphones.But, What is the UWP?
Microsoft took a giant step with the arrival of Windows 10, since with this operating system set the goal of converging all its present and future devices for users, but also for their accounts, something similar to the Google ecosystem, but with other types of applications that would lead to new uses.In this way, the user experience on consoles, tablets or PCs would be absolutely shared, separating the service from the device and linked to the set of media associated with Windows.
This would allow, for example, the purchases we made on Xbox One could be made or enjoyed on PC; that is to say, it would be possible to play in streaming from our video console on the screen of our Smart TV, tablet or directly from the computer taking advantage of the same WiFi network, but also that our agenda associated with Outlook or our documents of the Office package are turned over in all associated with this ecosystem.
Thus, the first step would be the path to unification for users .To make it feasible, the Redmond company made a radical but effective decision: the update Windows 10 was free for one year for everyone, being included by default on all new computers and systems .
How all devices are associated with windows
The system to associate all the devices is very simple.We will only need an email account , which can be Outlook, Hotmail or the one we use regularly.In fact, it is possible to associate more than one account to the same device and filter its utilities.In this way, we can have our personal email associated to acquire apps, but the email we use to work in the mail service, and that the agenda associated with both is reflected in the contents of our Hololens interface.
Does that mean the system is already implemented? Yes...and not .The UWP continues to gradually add functionalities for current devices, and in fact offers updates with some frequency for these, as is usual today.Thus, it can be said that is increasingly being implemented, and it is already possible to benefit from the UWP.But this is only a first step...that has already reached more than 1,000 million devices.
Microsoft has new projects underway, such as the Hololens, its Augmented Reality project, or Project Scorpio itself, the system that promises to turn the video game industry upside down with its 4 teraflops of power, and both will be two devices that they will get a huge performance to this Windows platform.
However, it is best not to have everything unified on one platform, but what we can do through it, and in Nobbot we have a selection of 7 things that will be the sea of interesting to do and some of them are already available!
Streaming game total
This is very interesting: if you have an Xbox One and a Windows 10 PC, or a Surface, connected to the same WiFi network, you just have to open the Xbox application, associate the accounts and take your command wherever you want to play.That means that if you have the console on your TV in the living room and want to take the game on your computer, it will be possible to continue playing without having to wait or configure or Losing no progress.But the thing does not end there: it is currently possible to broadcast PC games on Xbox One, and it is expected that in the future the use of mouse and keyboard on the console will speed up the passage of many computer titles to the desktop from Microsoft.
Buy in one, serve in all
We just had to choose which system we want to have the software associated with. The s Tore from Microsoft is unifying , and that means we only have to buy a program or game once so that all devices that are able to use it receive it instantly.This philosophy is also pending implementation in videogames.And it is through the Microsoft Play Anywhere program and with the room for maneuver that gives development studies, if we acquire a game associated with that program digitally, We will receive the corresponding copy of the console and PC without having to pay twice .In other words, if we acquire the new 'Wars of War 4' on Xbox One in the Microsoft digital store, the PC version is included.
But in addition, our achievements, advances, unlocked items and purchases will be shared in both versions.s.What we advance in our PC we will find later in the console, and vice versa.And very soon this will be applied to much more varied contents.
Cortana is my Jarvis
If Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana. Cortana is the voice and text assistant of the UWP ecosystem and, in fact, is even able to tell jokes with the accent of the humorist Chiquito de la Calzada.Cortana debuted in the videogames series 'Hello' and has gradually become one of the flags of the unified platform.In fact, Microsoft gives many facilities for us to find and use and , like Siri, is becoming easier and more practical because it is constantly learning .
Cortana has just arrived on the Xbox One and has already come standard with each Windows 10.However, its debut was before the operating system arrived and already from the mobile terminals of Windows we could ask questions with m ayor or less complexity.It is expected that when the Hololens are available, we can feel like the real Iron Man with this wizard , and for the moment it is going in the right direction.
Everything is better with Augmented Reality
Hololens is Microsoft's Augmented Reality project, in which, through glasses, we can literally expand the usefulness of everything around us , allowing us to deploy new utility menus, from broadcast screens, to combine video calls with whatever we were doing and even experiment with new entertainment systems.Its premise is that we can access virtually all services that we usually use when combining a screen and mobile phone and to have them available In the same place .For example, when watching a football game, it will be possible to access the history and statistics of any player or see interactive graphics that do not appear on the screen.
Be able to place virtual buttons throughout our house that serve to activate calendars, make video calls and even play with other users, and for this no only technology and hardware are needed, but an ecosystem that allows connecting all of the above, so the UWP is part of the core of this great latent revolution.
I communicate from where I want
20 years ago we needed phone booths to be able to get in touch with another person if we were not at home, unless we had one of those very modern mobile terminals whose call price we did not it would allow us to expand too much.However, the smartphone phenomenon has turned them into a modular service of modern society , and it is difficult to find an excuse for not being connected to the rest of the world.
With the UWP, Microsoft takes a twist making our digital presence is not linked to a device, but to a device system , but at the same time offering a much smarter communication system thanks to the help of bots.What does that mean? That from my Surface or my mobile I can join other Xbox One users chats, check my personal email or modify my work in the cloud in a completely native way. And Skype will be one of the great protagonists of this equation.
Of course, Cortana, Hololens, Skype and Outlook are four of the great keys to improving the service every time , but with the UWP we can leave the phone in the office or at the gym box office without missing anything, except maybe WhatsApp contacts, or at least until this application passes and joins the Windows platform.
Easier to program in more places and more possibilities for users
One of the things that Microsoft had very clear in the face of this bet was that, to make the leap, both users and users developers should have a simple and intuitive experience .In fact, the output of Windows 10 ll ego of the hand to adapt the own programs to the ecosystem with greater facilities, which means that both adapting the existing software and creating it will be much simpler.The secret lies in the APIs, a series of resources that make it easier for the programmer to access common functions regardless of the user's configuration.Thus, instead of programming the entire code from scratch, you can concentrate on perfecting your software.
But the advantages of the UWP are not only in offering new and better resources both to those who design software and to the users who would finally benefit from this, but because thanks to the unified store, adapting or transforming apps, games and programs will require a lot more reasonable work added.
Will the future be in the Microsoft cloud?
But not all the advantages and ways to take advantage of the UWP come from the hand of a physical device .And it is that the Redmond company has opted very strongly for the power of the cloud or, in other words, for having services beyond the terminal.Thanks to constant progress in services such as Microsoft OneDrive or Azure, little by little a network of resources and content is developing in which the capacity of our terminal will not be relevant, but that everything will be generated through external servers.In other words, as with Netflix, a service in which we will not need hard drives or optical format readers to watch a movie, everything will be stored, managed and produced online.
That will not only be a huge step for users, but it would enable a huge set of customization, communication and creation possibilities new forms of work and entertainment.The same tablet could be an avant-garde video game console or exactly the same equipment you work with in the office, and you don't know it would be obsolete in the short term. The UWP would be one of the keys to get that jump to be made naturally.
The Future is in your hands
Microsoft's commitment is very strong, and definitely giving away Windows 10 has been a wise decision and that has had its effect .However, we are still in the process of adapting to this new platform and its limits will be set by the developers, but also the needs that arise from these new possibilities.
What is very clear is that the future we saw in superhero movies is just around the corner, and we don't need to be Iron Man to get the most out of it.
Images | Microsoft, Marvel
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