>> Welcome back to another episode of this week on Channel Nine.
I'm your host Christina Warren, Senior Cloud Advocate.
Look, I do want to apologize for not
having a really nerdy shirt on this week.
I need to do some laundry and track some stuff down.
So, basically like a vintage-looking guitar brand shirt it is,
but stay tuned for the end of
the show because you can get a sneak peek
at what I am hoping to wear on an upcoming show soon.
All right. Enough about all that.
You don't care about my clothes. Let's get
into this week's latest dev news.
So, first up, Microsoft Build Registration is live,
and this is one of our biggest events of the year
and our annual gathering for devs of all stripes,
and so this year, it's going to be in Seattle at
the Convention Center from May 6th through 8th 2019.
I'm going to be there along with a bunch of
your other favorite Microsoft developers
and we want you there too.
So, if you are at Build this year,
just a reminder that if you happen to see me, please say hello.
There's information about tickets and
registration, link down below.
In other event news,
this is just a reminder that Microsoft Ignite.
The Tour is still underway.
So, our next stop is actually going to be in Amsterdam,
and I will be there along with
a few members of the Channel Nine family.
So, if you see us,
again, please say hello because we love to say hello.
Details on the other cities that the tour's coming to, as well as,
the types of sessions and speakers
are in the show notes in the description down below.
Now, we got to talk about HoloLens 2.
So, it was announced at MWC Congress in Barcelona
last weekend and it's available for pre-order now, and, basically,
HoloLens 2 is the next generation of
Microsoft's of wearable holographic computer
and it's build based on
helping businesses get things done
thanks to having out-of-the-box apps
that work with its various sensors and that take
advantage of greater field of view.
Now, let's be real.
HoloLens 2 is really designed for businesses, as I said,
so they can get stuff done,
but that means that businesses need
apps that can work with their systems.
So, also at MWC,
Microsoft announced what's called Azure Spatial Anchors.
Basically, it's a mixed reality service that lets you build
a new generation of
mixed reality applications that are collaborative,
cross-platform, and spatially aware.
So, in a blog post that I've linked down below,
the team explains two of the different app patterns that
are gaining momentum across various industries.
So, this includes stuff like
collaborative mixed reality experiences,
as well as, connected devices and places.
If all that wasn't enough,
there's also a new thing called Kinect,
basically, or to be more precise the Azure Kinect DK.
So, that is developer kit.
So, this Azure Kinect DK is a PC peripheral that has advanced
artificial intelligence sensors for
sophisticated computer vision and speech models.
It basically combines a best-in-class,
depth sensor with a spatial microphone array
and a video camera and orientation sensor.
It's all in one small device,
and then it's got multiple modes,
and lots of options, and SDKs.
I totally don't need one of these but I want one so badly.
The cool thing is that you can use
the Azure Kinect DK if you're
building out whatever kind of
AI stuff you're interested in, so it's awesome.
Now, let's go ahead and head in
some video news over on Channel Nine this week,
as well as, YouTube.com Microsoft developer.
Burke is back with the brand new episode of Five Things,
and this time, he's focusing on ways
you can interact with data from VS Code.
Over on the Xamarin Show,
James is also getting the Five Things To Love,
and he's showing Five Things To Love About Xamarin Forms 3.5.
Over on.Net, Scott and Olia are showing
off How to Port Desktop Apps to.Net Core 3.0.
Speaking of.Net, there is an update to how
C-sharp versions are treated in.Net tooling.
So, starting with Visual Studio 2019 preview four,
and we'll talk more about that a little bit
later, there's some changes.
So, links to all these videos
are in the show notes in the description down below.
Over on Medium this week,
my friend in Thello, CA,
Suz Hinton aka Noopkat,
wrote about her totally awesome Twitch Live Coding Setup.
So, Suz's live codes on Twitch every Sunday morning and you should
definitely tune in and watch what she
does because her stream is awesome.
But the post is a really great guide to
how she sets up her stream,
and Suz honestly you're my hero, love you.
Inside Visual Studio 2019 for PC news,
the RC or release candidate is out now.
So, the launch is about a month away,
but if you're interested in checking out what's new,
check out that RC.
Speaking of Visual Studio 2019,
there's a great blog post on the Visual Studio blog about
how you can use your favorite extensions
with the upcoming release and
there's also some information on how you can update
your extensions if they're not working
already for Visual Studio 2019.
Speaking of extensions, the latest version of
GitHub for Visual Studio is out now and it's version.
2.8.0. It has new features including showing more details on
pull requests that show
stuff like conversations and status circles.
Inside Visual Studio 2019 for Mac news,
there's a great blog post up with
some feedback that the team has been
receiving from users so far and how
they're dealing with that. All right.
Rounding out our news this week,
there're a couple of Azure and Functions updates.
So first, there's an improvement to
TypeScript support in Azure Functions.
So, this includes; templates,
type definitions, and NPM scripts,
and the news that will make Bruno Borgia very happy,
Java support for Azure functions is now in general availability.
All right. Now, it's time for my pick of the week.
So, clothing brand GoodHood in London
is doing a collab with another London shop called Unified Goods.
Basically, they're creating a limited collab,
a vintage tech clothing items that they're
dumping software which cute, right?
So, for the aging hipster who will pay
too much money for a vintage Microsoft,
and Apple, and Panasonic,
and Sony company apparel, and in this case,
I've absolutely made me because this is absolutely me,
this is a dream.
So, the online sales starts Friday morning,
and I'm going to be setting my alarm to try to get
that purple Microsoft sweatshirt so I
can hopefully wear it on another show.
Let me know your favorite tech apparel items past, present,
future in the comments,
but also let us know your thoughts on
any of the other stories we covered this week.
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