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Microsoft Expressive Pixels

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Microsoft Research Blog

Microsoft researchers pursue the big questions about what the world will be like in the future and the role technology will play. Not only do they take on the responsibility of exploring the long-term vision of their research, but they…

In the news | Adafruit

In this guide, you will connect the Expressive Pixels Windows app with an Adafruit Matrix Portal RGB LED matrix panel to: display dazzling animations on the RGB LED matrix, save images directly to the Matrix Portal using its built-in flash…

In the news | Microsofters

Parece que Microsoft sigue trabajando para ofrecer creatividad en diferentes ámbitos. Expressive Pixels es la última muestra de ello y nos encanta. Demuestra que los de Redmond están ofreciendo paulatinamente nuevas soluciones para cambiar la forma en la que trabajamos…

In the news | betanews

Microsoft has launched a new open source app for Windows 10 which has been designed to help users create and share animated content. The company says that the primary target for these animations is small, third-party LED panels but Microsoft…

In the news | Download Crew

It is hard to find anything to compare Microsoft Expressive Pixels to – it really is quite a unique piece of software. The app is pleasingly easy to use, and the fact that there is such an active online community…

In the news | windowsreport

Microsoft Research has just announced a new Expressive Pixels platform dedicated to users who want to create and display animations on LED displays and other digital devices, including PCs. This Windows 10 project is the result of years of hard…

In the news | The Register

Microsoft has dropped a beta of Expressive Pixels, a delightfully retro editor aimed at flinging animated visuals at LED displays. Designed for nonverbal communication, the software has both the worthy goal of improving accessibility as well as being an amusing toy.

Microsoft Research Blog

The need to express oneself is innate for every person in the world, and its roots run through art, technology, communication, and the acts of learning and building things from the ground up. It’s no coincidence, then, that a new…

In the news | Windows Blog

You’re sitting at your PC, at home, working remotely. You’ve got a partner who is doing the same. Without requiring you to even turn around, an LED display visible to anyone near you lights up an emoji: a stop sign.…