XBOOK Duo - One XBox 360 and one XBox One crammed into one semi-portable "book"

Make: - The XBOOK Duo: A Custom Gaming Console Ready for the Road

A guy by the name of Ed has created a beautiful custom gaming laptop that contains an Xbox 360 and an XBox One, thus solving the backwards compatibility issue of the original system.

Gamers can now play both new and old games with a simple flip of a switch while they are on the go!

The inside fits all the circuitry, wires, HDMI outputs, and a built in 22″ Vizio 1080p LED LCD monitor allowing for a splitter to alternate between the two consoles. Surprisingly only one power supply and power cord is needed, and so far Ed hasn’t encountered any overheating problems despite all the that is found within.

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How crazy is that! Man, I wish I had these kinds of skills. Awesome that he spent the time to show us all how to build our own too... :)

While this is still pretty big, I think my first notebook was bigger and about 1/10,000th of the power...lol

So you want to write and publish an XBox One App? Well, you can, but...

Dave Voyles - How do I publish apps on Xbox One?

I get this question all of the time, and I end up answering it in email on a pretty consistent basis, so I thought it was about time I made a post to point developers towards.

What is the team looking for?

They are looking largely for MEDIA applications. Take a look at what is currently on there, to get a better gist. Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Twitch, etc. They want experienced developers. If you haven’t written an application before, they will likely not consider you.

They prefer that you use their HTML5 / JS framework. It is based on WinJS, so basically WinJS + some Xbox One specific things. I’d *STRONGLY* encourage you to start writing your app in WinJS if you want to be considered. There is no WebGL on Xbox One’s version of IE at the moment.

Which languages can I use?

I discussed this in detail on Scott Hanselman’s podcast in February.

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What types of questions will they ask?

When you reach out to them, here is what they will ask for:

They will respond with the following questions (and a few more):

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There's always a but and they always stink (sorry for the boy humor... ;) So, while "Universal Apps" have a promise and we were teased about building XBox One apps a the last Build, it looks like, well you can see, it's still very controlled and selective. I guess that's good as we don't, don't, don't need a zillion XBox One Fart or Flashlight apps...

Still this bugs me a little as I REALLY want an great Weather App on my XBox One, powered via Kinect/Voice. I just want to say "XBox Weather"... A "Big Screen" Weather app could be awesome... :)

Oh and I want the XBox One to be Miracast enabled. And I want a Twitter Sidebar app. And... and... lol

Battling the Console Wars, one mini-3d print job at a time. Add this Mini Xbox One to your arsenal

Dave Nunez's Blog v2.0 - Mini Xbox One

To fight a console war, you need a console army. But at $500 a pop, it’s going to be expensive to draft your Xbox One battalions. Never mind, you can just print a bunch!

The latest in my mini gaming machines series – grab the files to print your own at Thingiverse.

Okay Santa, forget what I said before, a 3D Printer is what I really want... I've been, well, um, not bad this year... mostly. :)

(Via: Mini Xbox One 3D Printed Model: Xbox 0.1)