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Now you can stream your Xbox One library to Oculus Rift

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Microsoft has partnered with Oculus Rift to enable users to stream their Xbox One library to the VR device with the use of the new Xbox One Streaming to Oculus Rift app. Currently, games like Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, Halo 5: Guardians, indies and Backward Compatible Xbox 360 games are playable with more titles coming in 2017.

The app connects to the users Xbox One via their home network and once connected, the console’s video output is streamed to the Rift headset and projected onto a screen of your choice. The three currently available VR environments are Citadel, Retreat and Dome.

An Xbox One Wireless Controller is also included with every Oculus Rift purchase. With the use of the Xbox Wireless Adapter and new PCs with native Xbox Wireless support, users can play games on the Rift using the controller wirelessly right out of the box.

The app is available for free in the Oculus Store starting 12 December.

Microsoft Lumia 650 spotted on Amazon India

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The Microsoft Lumia 650 powered by the company’s very own Windows 10 OS has been listed on Amazon India, complete with full specifications. Microsoft had revealed the existence of the business device back in February 2016.

Aimed at enterprise users, the Lumia 650 is priced at Rs 16,599 for the white model and Rs 16,699 for the black model, which goes on sale from 30 April.

Display: 5″ OLED HD multi-touch capacitive, 1280 x 720p display resolution, 297 ppi pixel density and 16M colour support
CPU: 1.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 quad core processor
Operating System: Windows 10
GPU: Adreno 304
Memory: 1GB RAM
Storage: 16GB internal memory (expandable up to 200GB via microSD)
Connectivity: GSM, (900/1800/850/1900 MHz), 3G, (2100/1900/900/850 MHz), GPRS, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth, WiFi Hotspot
Sensors: Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor
Colour: Black, White
Size: 14.2×0.7×7.1mm
Weight: 122g
Camera: 8MP rear with LED flash, 5MP front
Battery: 2,000mAH

Shardlight gets a demo ahead of launch

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Shardlight, the latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games (www.wadjeteyegames.com) gets a demo ahead of its launch, giving a taste of the story and the gameplay it offers.

The game takes place in a grounded post-apocalyptic world ravaged by disease, a huge shortage of resources and a clear class divide. The player takes control of Amy Wellard, a government employee hoping to earn a lottery ticket for a vaccine through dangerous and potentially life-threatening jobs.

Shardlight launches on 8 March 2016 for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Pre-ordering right now nets you some bonuses and a 10% discount.

Expect a review from us in the coming week.

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Windows 10 growth slows as Windows 7 and 8.1 users stay put

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Both the big desktop OS market share monitoring firms, StatCounter and Netmarketshare, have revealed their figures for October. Let’s look at StatCounter first.

StatCounter has Windows 10 pegged at a market share of exactly 9% – meaning that it’s now practically level with all the diehards still taking risks on the unsupported Windows XP.

That’s a 1.36% increase on September, which is considerably less than the 2.26% jump seen back in August.

Windows 8 and 8.1 users, by the way, was used by 13.09% of people – down just 0.10% on September . Windows 7, which runs on more than half of all computers, dropped a similarly fractional 0.82 percentage points over October.

As for the figures from Netmarketshare, they don’t indicate such a drop in momentum, with the company having Windows 10 on a market share of 7.94%, up from 6.63% in September – an increase of 1.31%.

In this case, that’s not much of a slowdown compared to the previous month which witnessed a 1.42% increase in share for Windows 10.

So perhaps Microsoft doesn’t have too much to worry about after all, and indeed there’s bound to be a little slowdown expected as time passes.

Netmarketshare has Windows 8.1 on 10.68%, so Windows 10 is closing even faster on its predecessor according to them.

Certainly no one would argue that Windows 10 hasn’t been a big success so far, particularly compared to Microsoft’s previous desktop operating system, which was about as well received as a data breach at a large financial services firm.