I thought that they released new version of DirectX SDK and PIX for debugging :( https://tomtech999.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pix_intro.png
I'm not the only one! :(
Microsoft Pix
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#42Does anyone else think of Harry Potter when looking at the last section, Live Image/Live Photo?
It reminded me of the Google Motion Stills app.
I had it for a few weeks but uninstalled it as I didn't use it much.
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#43Does anyone else think of Harry Potter when looking at the last section, Live Image/Live Photo?
I had the exact same thought... but then I was surprised at how "creepy" it seemed to me instead of "neat".
That said, I think I would actually like that sort of thing more than completely static images once I get used to it.
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#44There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
I am imagining a developer at Microsoft somewhere holding their head in their hands when they saw the Live Photo comparison made by the marketing team. To me, they don't really seem to be aiming for the same thing at all - the Pix version is a highly stylised animation whereas the Live Photo is simply a very short, silent video.
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#45There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
My first reaction to the Pix version was to shudder and think "that's creepy". Glad I'm not the only one.
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#46Insane. That page loads in 111 network requests totaling about 40MB.
I don't know how all these big companies talking about the mobile web and PWAs manage to build sites so inefficient for mobile loading.
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#47There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
I thought it was an interesting example because iOS 10 will stabilize live photos (at least on the new phones, I'd assume the 6s as well).
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#48There's an interesting example they use to show the ostensible improvement of Pix over the Apple's Live Photo: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... The Pix-enhanced version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... Sure, the Live Photo version has distracting movement, but it also has much more natural motion in terms of hair flow. And I feel that the camera instabili…
The Pix version looks like one of those old computer games when they wanted to animate some wind, but cut only afford to animate a handful of sprites on the screen. So everything is stiff as a board except for some flipping scarves/hair/etc...
Kind of like the SF2 Ryu victory pose (except in that case, it's intentional, and makes him look badass, not creepy).
[1] http://street-fighter-sprites.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Street...
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#49Insane. That page loads in 111 network requests totaling about 40MB.
Came to say the same, crazy. A 4MB+ gif?!
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#50I'm amazed how low-quality this MS landing page is. - The "How it works" tab is just a huge image. - The search box ( top right ) has some problems with the border. Both in Chrome & Safari. - It uses `font-family: 'Segoe UI';`, which makes all elements with that font on my Mac "serif"
The "How it works" image is also very pixelated for me (is that intentional?)