SAN FRANCISCO — When Microsoft announced native support for 3D printing in Windows 8.1 this week, one question was how far that support would go, and whether it would include open source printers ...

Microsoft is breaking emoji out of 2D. As part of a free update coming to Microsoft Windows 10 in early 2017 announced Wednesday, users will soon have the ability to create 3D emoji and other objects ...

After some poking and prodding, Microsoft has finally open-sourced its 1995 3D animation creation tool Microsoft 3D Movie Maker. At the time, wherein such animated classics as Ghost in the Shell, ...

Remix 3D is Microsoft’s community site for sharing 3D models from Paint 3D and other 3D modeling tools. Given the company’s focus on mixed and virtual reality, it’s no surprise that the company wants ...

Microsoft said the 3D Builder, the company's first 3D printing application for Windows 8.1, which lets you create almost anything, is available for free. The company is also selling MakerBot 3D ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on July 10. Microsoft said Thursday that the Remix3D.com online repository will shut down on Friday, Jan. 10. This story has been slightly edited to ...

Microsoft is making almost all of its refreshed 3D emojis available to customers to build with and on by putting them on GitHub and Figma starting today, August 10. The emojis will be fully ...

Microsoft has retired its standalone Mesh platform as of Dec. 1 and moved its 3D meeting capabilities into Teams through a new immersive events feature, now generally available. The change allows ...

Paint 3D was a surprise. Even longtime Microsoft watchers had no idea the company was working on a 3D spin on Paint, and it seemed like a left-field choice for most consumers. But after diving into ...

Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new, downloadable browser application that brings the photorealism and maneuverability of gaming into its online mapping and local search service. In Virtual Earth 3D, ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft appears to still be working on true 3D emoji for Windows after ...