Re:Windows Holographic Shell Demo [video]
by kyriakos on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:28AM
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I'd assume the lack of open source is related to the price tag. Not a lot of people can afford one just to play with and release code to open source. My guess they are mostly bought by companies with a specific application in mind.
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Re:Windows Holographic Shell Demo [video]
by kefka on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @01:18PM
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It's also because MS refused to have existing X86 apps to run on the platform. I'm sure it was to chunnel everyone into metro of whatever they call it. They could have had a whole ecosystem by default (at least for 2d apps). But nope.
They could have implemented a wrapper around a program to allow usage. WINE already can do that with PlaysForLinux. But like I said, the hardware is spectacular; the software is a slum.