Microsoft unveiled its revamped and modernized Paint app for Windows 10 earlier today. It’s designed to make 3D object creation easy across devices with a regular mouse and keyboard ...

In fact, it’s really a complete rethink, one that serves as a major cornerstone for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update, aimed at making 3D content creation an essential part of ...

Microsoft finally got the hint, and with yesterday's release of Windows 10 Insider build 21322 in the Dev channel, the 3D Objects folder is no longer displayed as a special folder in File Explorer.

Microsoft’s Megan Saunders scans sandcastle before importing it as a 3D object into Windows 10 Creators Update. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) Microsoft this morning unveiled its next refresh of ...

Microsoft is beginning to add more of the larger, creator-focused features coming to its next Windows 10 release with this week's Build 14971 for Fast Ring Insider testers.

Microsoft recommends the Paint and Photos apps for viewing and editing 2D images and the 3D Viewer app for viewing 3D models. Creating and editing 3D images will be left to third-party software.

Instead, Microsoft recommends that users download 3D objects to OneDrive, where they can share them with other users by providing them with a link. Microsoft A 3D object stored within Remix 3D.

Microsoft is also planning on adding 3D scanning to all Windows phones, though the timeline for the rollout is unclear. A robust library of 3D objects to play with in Paint will be provided by Remix.

Microsoft isn’t anywhere close to being the first organization to talk about 3D scanning using a mobile phone. In 2013, ETH Zurich made the exact same promise, claiming they were working to ...

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Simplygon, a company that develops 3D-optimization solutions for game developers and other industries that need to visualize 3D data. Simplygon’s ...