> What is Microsoft Expressive Pixels?<p>> Microsoft Expressive Pixels provides [...]. It empowers people to [...] Microsoft Expressive Pixels seeks to provide [...]<p>A whole paragraph to never answer the question it sets up...<p>In the end, it's an app:
<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/store/r/9MTC56W1RXQH" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/store/r/9MTC56W1RXQH</a><p>PS: and a framework open sourced somewhere to deal with what is produced by the app
What you get when corporations demand outcomes based on learnings observed while watching maker communities from the tops of corporate HQs. Still, not as baffling as the Multipoint SDK. LaMetric have done it better before. If you want a non-Windows solution Open Source alternatives exist.
I watched the two-minute introduction video, and learned that it's "an inclusive app" that's all about diversity. But I came away with no real idea of what it actually is.
> What is Microsoft Expressive Pixels?<p>> Microsoft Expressive Pixels provides rich authoring capabilities for users to make static images and animations that can be shared on LED displays and other digital devices such as a PC.<p>Basically an app that lets you draw in 8-bit/retro style.
Huh. 35+ years ago I enjoyed making animations like this, on my C-64 and a friend's Apple II, by writing very very long lists of POKEs and PEEKs. Funny to see thyis style coming back around again.