Dave Voyles for Gaming, HTML5, Startups, & Xbox
I love Gaming, HTML5, Startups, & Xbox, so I figured "why not spread the good word?"
Share your HoloLens app ideas
Starting today, Tuesday December 1st, we’re inviting developers to suggest ideas for apps they...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 12/01/2015
Recap of Connect() announcements, from Shahed Chowdhuri
My peer in DC, Shahed Chowdhuri, put together a great recap of yesterday’s Connect() event....
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/19/2015
How I got started in technical evangelism, part 2
You can find part 1 of this series here. This is a question that I get asked pretty often, so I...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/16/2015
A beginner’s guide to WebGL
WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D computer graphics and...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/14/2015
Some of my favorite Visual Studio extensions
I recently wrote an article about some of my favorite Chrome extensions, partly because I wanted to...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 11/09/2015
Microsoft guiding startups to funding with Ventures
CNBC recently wrote an article titled How to get Microsoft to mentor your big idea, which I wanted...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/27/2015
The Xbox wasn’t Microsoft’s first console – the MSX was
I’m sure the Xbox will always have a special place in the hearts of many of us, but it surely...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/21/2015
A collection of resources for students / startups
Over the last two years I’ve collected a ton of resources for students and startups, so I...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015
More progress with the Night Trap HTML5 port
The post More progress with the Night Trap HTML5 port appeared first on Dave Voyles | Tech...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015
Exporting a Unity WebGL game to asm.js [video tutorial]
Unity, the popular middleware tools frequently used by game developers are not limited to creating...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/20/2015
DreamSpark tutorials for students – WordPress, websites, and games
Randy Guthrie, an Academic Evangelist on our Evangelism team at Microsoft, put together a great set...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/10/2015
Getting started with Emscripten
Writing code for multiple platforms can be a lot of work. It can be even more work to have to...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/06/2015
How to get into the games industry – networking
For this ongoing event, I plan on illustrating a number of ways that you can get started in the...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 10/05/2015
How to get into the gaming industry: Build a digital portfolio
A common question I receive is “How do I get into the gaming Industry?” In fact,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/29/2015
How I got started in technical evangelism, Pt. 1
This is a question that I get asked pretty often, so I thought I’d write it down to make it...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/25/2015
Microsoft Azure camp, hosted by Scott Guthrie in Philadelphia, Oct 13
Microsoft is hosting a free Azure tour across the United States this fall. The first stop will be in...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/23/2015
Create a WordPress site on Azure using DreamSpark
Create a WordPress on Azure using DreamSpark from joescars My colleague in Florida, Joe Raio,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/20/2015
Lifehack: How can I get the path to a file in Windows 10?
I frequently need to copy the file path of an object in Windows, so that I can paste it into a tool...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/18/2015
Lifehack: Using the Win10 snipping tool to take a delayed screenshot
I frequently need to take screenshots of of a screen and share them with my team. The problem...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/14/2015
Sunsetting the XBLIG program for the Xbox 360
It’s a sad day for current and former XBLIG developers, but it is inevitable that all digital...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/09/2015
How to win a hackathon talk, Penn Apps 2015
Here is the slide deck that I used during my Penn Apps 2015 talk this weekend. During this talk, I...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/04/2015
A list of Chrome extensions that I use, and why
In my day-to-day browsing, I use Chrome Canary. I want to see the latest and greatest. It will...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/02/2015
Here are some of the YouTube channels I frequent (gaming / music)
I spent a lot of time watching YouTube. Actually, most of the time I’m just listening while it...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 09/02/2015
A list of my favorite links this week
This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/24/2015
Object.observe in JavaScript, and how I found it to be useful
In rebuilding Night Trap, I ran into an issue where I needed to listen for an event, specifically...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/22/2015
Indie Dev Podcast, Ep 22 – David Catuhe, BabylonJS
Listen to the podcast Download the .mp3 Subscribe via iTunes David Catuhe is a Principal Program...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 08/20/2015
Night Trap – Switching Branches
You can find parts 1 and 2 of this series here: Deconstructiong Night Trap Rebuilding Night Trap...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/19/2015
Rebuilding Night Trap
In my previous post I talked about the process of tearing the game down, so that I could build it up...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/17/2015
Deconstructing Night Trap
A few days ago I built a quick prototype for getting Night Trap running in the browser. It’s...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/16/2015
List of this week’s most interesting stories
This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/13/2015
Project Westminster – hosted web apps for UWP (HTML5 in Win 10)
Kiril Seksenov, an Engineer on the Microsoft Edge Web Apps team, put together a great post today...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/08/2015
Asm.js and WebGL for Unity and Unreal Engine
Unity, and Epic’s Unreal Engine, the popular middleware tools frequently used by game...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 07/07/2015
Interoperable Web Development
David Catuhe (@DeltaKosh), a Program Manager on the TED team at Microsoft, has been building a set...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/29/2015
Wrapping a Famo.us + Angular app in Cordova for iOS
Find the full tutorial here Download the finished version of this tutorial. Open with...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/26/2015
LifeHack: Auto-upload screenshots from Dropbox, add to your clipboard
I find myself constantly needing to share screenshots on social media, but was growing fr ustrated...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/25/2015
Creating a Famo.us + Angular Pokemon app
I’ve been working on an application that takes advantage of the marriage between Famo.us and...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/24/2015
Useful resources for Philly developers
Whether you are nwe to the area or just looking to find some new developers to get in touch wtih,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/15/2015
Slides and code for my ASP.NET presentation
Over the last spring I gave several talks about ASP.NET as part of Microsoft’s web dev camp...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/10/2015
Indie Dev Podcast Ep. 21 – Michael Gnade, Indie Game Stand
I have a podcast about independent game development which I record every few weeks. Listen to the...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015
How do students and recent grads get hired at Microsoft?
I get asked this question pretty often, so I thought I’d create a blog post about it. Although...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015
My weekly newsletter for HTML5, Startups, VC, and game dev
This is my weekly newsletter which covers my favorite stories of the week in the fields of Tech,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 06/08/2015
PHL Collective – How we shipped Clusterpuck99
At this week’s Philly Game Works meetup, local Philly game devs, PHL Collective, spoke about...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/28/2015
Indie Dev Podcast – Ep 20, Daniel Parente
I have a podcast about independent game development which I record every few weeks. In this...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/27/2015
My slide decks from the //build tour are up
Here are the slides from the three talks I gave on the //build tour in Atlanta and New York this...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/21/2015
A developer’s guide to Windows 10 and the best of //build MVA
There are two new pieces of content on Microsoft Virtual Academy that I want to highlght,...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/19/2015
Creating a mobile app with Famo.us and ManifoldJS
For the last few months I’ve been wanting to dive into this new JavaScript framework since I...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/06/2015
Talking Azure Media Services w/ David Giard on his podcast
My peer in Chicago, David Giard, and I were at the INTX hackathon in Chcago this weekend to help...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/04/2015
Uploading video to Azure Media Services
In one of my previous tutorials I showed you how to livestream video from your desktop PC and serve...
Author: Dave Voyles - MSFT Date: 05/03/2015