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Introduction Stereoscopic 3D in VR works by rendering the scene twice; once with the camera on the left eye, and once on the right. This means that in order to produce a 3D effect, the scene has to be rendered twice – the draw calls for each frame doubles. This is why most games and applications will experience a significantly lower framerate in VR. The only difference between the left and right image is the slight shift in perspective. Culling and shadow computation for the game objects are identical in both, and can be optimized by drawing them in the same draw call. This way we can significantly improve the performance of VR applications. ...

KyberNetwork is a decentralized and trustless exchange that facilitates instant conversion between crypto-assets with guaranteed liquidity. Through KyberNetwork’s service, a user can send token “A” to an intended recipient who wishes to receive the payment in token “B” in a single transaction. Not only that, KyberNetwork will also introduce a new smart contract interface that would allow existing accounts, which only accept certain specific tokens (e.g. an account only accepts REP, GNT, etc. but not others), to receive any existing or future token (e.g. PAY and CVC) without having to modify the token contract code (i.e. the recipient is not aware that the payment actually was proxied via KyberNetwork). KyberNetwork’s protocol will be key to promote liquidity of crypto-assets in the blockchain ecosystem, and improve the perception of tokens as a tradeble asset class to the greater public. Loi is the co-founder and CEO of KyberNetwork. He is a specialist in Ethereum smart contract and a fervent believer in decentralized economies. Notably, his work with Oyente, which made smart contracts smarter is very well-received by the community and is presently one of the most used analysis tools for smart contracts. That aside, his practical experiences with Ethereum blockchain also include co-founding Smartpool, which builds decentralized mining pools for existing cryptocurrencies. Outside of Ethereum, Loi has been featured as one of Asia’s Rising Scientists by Asian Scientist magazine for his contribution to the blockchain space. He is also a recipient of Microsoft Research Asia PhD Fellowship in 2016 which identifies and awards promising young researchers in the region. Loi is also a frequent contributor to conferences and publications, as he had produced works which are featured on Coindesk and presented at numerous keynote events, including Devcon 2 in Shanghai in 2016. Website: http://kyber.network/ Whitepaper: http://kyber.network/assets/KyberNetworkWhitepaper.pdf Event Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Ethereum-Singapore/events/241241820/ Timeline: 6:30-7:00pm Registration 7:00-7:30pm Keynote Part I: Introduction to KyberNetwork 7:30-8:00pm Keynote Part II: Strategies to Manage Reserves in KyberNetwork 8:00-8:30pm Q&A and Networking Jointly organized by DigixGlobal:

Azure Search is provided as a Search-as-a-Service solution that helps e-commerce developers to easily offer a robust search experience on the website without managing search infrastructure and understanding in depth about search. Working in the e-commerce team, we find search to be very important because as the number of products grows, search function becomes a top-priority task for us to implement. Azure Search is what we choose to use. Upload Data to Index For our e-commerce platform, we have data stored separately in different systems. With Azure Search, we can easily compile and push data to populate the Azure Search index. By doing this way, we don’t need to worry about what our data sources will be. To upload data to Azure Search in .NET, firstly, we need to get the Microsoft Azure Search .NET SDK NuGet Package. [caption id=“attachment_4759” align=“alignnone” width=“1392”] Installed Azure Search NuGet package in ASP .NET MVC project.[/caption] Secondly, we need to create an instance of the SearchServiceClient. ...

The Largest Cross Platform Xamarin Conference of the year! MonkeyFest - Global Xamarin Summit Singapore 2017 is the largest Cross Platform Xamarin Dev conference, and is the meeting place for Cross platform Developers, Software Architects, DevOps, Technical Project Managers, Project Owners from around the world to learn about and exchange experience of Xamarin and related Cross Platform Development Technologies. Expect an avalanche of goodness about the latest and best of the cross platform development world, cloud computing and .Net universe set within an idyllic location with a festival atmosphere. The event will take place over 2 days with 4 tracks in Singapore on 22/23 September 2017 at Microsoft Singapore. Get your tickets now! MonkeyFest - Global Xamarin Summit is a 2 days event on the 22 and 23 of September 2017, with sessions, workshops, demos and exhibitors. The Daily Event Ticket includes access to the event, refreshments, food and MonkeyFest swag. The 22 September evening Party includes party access, food and 1 drink. For more information, visit https://www.monkeyfest.io/

To celebrate a month of innovation in Singapore where we welcomed Innovfest unBound 2017, Tech In Asia Singapore 2017 and CommunicAsia2017, we held a special edition of ACE Microsoft Tech Talks where our community leader, Mr. James Lee, presented a workshop on building a machine learning application. Over 70 individuals sign-up for the event where 27 participants were able to attend the workshop due to limited seats available. During the session, James introduced the basics of data science and machine learning, and allowed the participants to apply the concepts learnt in a practical workshop to build their own machine learning application. At the end of the session, the audience mingled over light refreshments, and connected with James to find out more about the latest developments in machine learning and their applications in the industry. You can review the materials presented in the session below: Slides : Building Your First Machine Learning Application Code : https://github.com/jamesleeht/AzureMLWithWebappHOL Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio : https://studio.azureml.net/ Sign-up for Microsoft Azure : https://azure.microsoft.com/ A big round of applause to our presenter, James, and our audience for taking time off from their busy schedule to attend this session. Special thanks to Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) for being our great event partner for “ACE Microsoft Tech Talks”. Check out our Spiffy Facebook Events to find out our upcoming activities in LaunchPad.

What’s one event that brings together the best tech founders in the world, and also allows for picking up of tech trends and tips on growth, marketing, revenue, product, and more? Here’s where: Tech in Asia Singapore 2017. Immerse yourself in 2 full days of inspiring keynotes, innovative talks, educational breakouts, and tons of networking. Learn from entrepreneurs and topic experts who have been there, done that across 5 stages - Main Stage, Developer & Product Stage, Startup 101 Stage, Marketing Stage, and Revenue Stage. Headlining the Main Stage this year include Alexis Ohanian, Co-founder of Reddit; Min-Liang Tan, CEO of Razer; Quek Siu Rui, CEO of Carousell; Grace Yun Xia, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy from Tencent; Adi Tatarko, CEO of Houzz; Nick Nash, Group President at Garena; Maximilian Bittner, CEO of Lazada, and more! They will join more than 80 other inspiring speakers from around the world. Other highlights include: Bootstrap Alley: An exhibition of the region’s 280 startups across various industries, handpicked by Tech in Asia. Startup-Investor Speed Dating: A valuable opportunity for startups to pitch to 70 participating investors. Roundtables: An avenue for discussions with industry veterans over a variety of topics. Arena: Witness one of the most intense 7-way pitch battle, a staple in every Tech in Asia conference. Whether you’re a founder, wantrepreneur, developer, student, or anyone interested in the tech startup scene and looking to connect with over 4,500 ambitious tech geeks, this is one place you’ll feel just at home! ...

Thursday 25 May 2017 from 5.45pm Impact Hub Singapore 128 Prinsep Street, #01-01, S(188655) Discover amazing products, meet and learn from amazing and inspiring stories from local and global entrepreneurs! Join us for this first edition of Startup&Angels in Singapore, at Impact Hub! A Sneak Peek at the SPEAKERS’ List Julien Crochet, VP Sales @ AB Tasty AB Tasty is an AB Testing solution and one of the most innovative and fastest growing companies in the web industry in Europe, with six offices in New York, Paris, Madrid, Sydney, London and Cologne and soon Singapore! Mike Eksteen, VP Chief Digital Officer @ Chubb Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. Mayur Singh, Founder @ Coopita ...

NASA is on a mission to foster innovation through a diversity of perspectives and is encouraging global citizens to come together to solve perplexing problems faced by NASA Scientists on a daily basis. The Space Apps Challenge is one of the largest hackathons in the universe and part of the NASA’s Open Innovation Programme. For 48 hours, passionate innovators and problem solvers from all over the world are welcome to join the Space Apps Challenge, and create solutions that will be part of the next generation of space technology! Take part in the Space Apps Challenge this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, 29-30 April. Prototype your solution, consult with expert mentors, pitch to a panel of judges, and stand to win a chance to represent Singapore! ...

Top 3 resources for developing on Microsoft Azure Microsoft offers startups and students alot of resources to get started on Microsoft Azure. Ranging from the Microsoft BizSpark program which provides free Azure credits and product keys, there is also the Microsoft Imagine program for students to host websites and download software for free. Here are the top 3 resources which you can use in your journey with Microsoft Azure. Azure for Startups (Github) This repository on github contains an array of guides which startups can use to kick start their journey on Azure. There are tutorials and sample code to help startups migrate from other platforms to Azure, as well as the different possible services which Microsoft offers. Visit the Azure for Startups Github page here. ...

Dear Institutions, We are super excited to announce the top 6 competitors from the Semifinals who will advance on to the finals! We applaud the time and energy you’ve poured into developing your projects. Keep it up! We also want to extend our greatest appreciation to all the mentors who supported their teams. Such interest and dedication goes a long way in shaping the futures of students. In alphabetical order based on the Team’s Name, the 6 Finalists of the 2017 Imagine Cup are: Once again, we congratulate all teams for participating in the Imagine Cup 2017 competition. It’s a huge accomplishment. We’re confident that you will find opportunities to apply the valuable skills gained from this experience in the near future. Next steps for Finalists Finalists are expected to join us for the final round of judging on April 10th, 2017 and opportunity to represent Singapore at the SEA Imagine Cup 2017 in the Philippines from April 23-26, 2017. Please stay tuned for specific instructions on next steps which will be sent via email shortly. Do follow us on Spiffy.sg | Spiffy Facebook, or check the Imagine Cup 2017 website news page for updates. Thanks Lilian Quek together with team – Chun Siong Tan | Kyzer Wong | Shawn Tjai