At last week’s Microsoft Build conference, I attended the Hololens Academy — a whirlwind effort to turn me into a master programmer able to create things out of thin air. It failed. Apparently it takes longer than an hour to teach someone who hasn’t coded in decades to be a master programmer — go figure. However, by the end of the class I was gleefully throwing fireballs at the heads of my co-wizards and their digital familiars. That took me down a Hogwarts-like path to the idea that doing things like Harry Potter did won’t be that difficult.
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The Hololens Academy: How I Became a Novice Wizard
Posted by: Rob Enderle April 4, 2016 09:47 AMAt last week’s Microsoft Build conference, I attended the Hololens Academy — a whirlwind effort to turn me into a master programmer able to create things out of thin air. It failed. Apparently it takes longer than an hour to teach someone who hasn’t coded in decades to be a master programmer — go figure. However, by the end of the class I was gleefully throwing fireballs at the heads of my co-wizards and their digital familiars. That took me down a Hogwarts-like path to the idea that doing things like Harry Potter did won’t be that difficult.