{"id":29186,"date":"2017-02-13T20:01:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29186"},"modified":"2020-03-05T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:51:54","slug":"windows-10-project-neon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-10-project-neon\/","title":{"rendered":"Project NEON Update For Windows 10 Has a Gorgeous New Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/windows-10-features\/\">Windows 10<\/a> will be getting some <strong>graphical improvements within the year<\/strong> as Microsoft has shown off a UI update at the Windows Developer Day event that the company is calling <strong>Project NEON<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/microsoft-windows-creators-update\/\">Creators Update \u2013 The next big update coming to Windows 10<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Expected to go live with the <strong>release of the \"Redstone 3\"<\/strong> update from Windows 10, which is the next major update following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/microsoft-windows-creators-update\/\">Creators Update<\/a>, Project NEON <strong>builds upon Microsoft Design Language 2 (MDL2)<\/strong>. With Project NEON, Microsoft is looking to introduce some new components into the Windows 10 design . As such, the project will focus on animations, simplicity and consistency.<\/p>\n<p>The first component that will be introduced with Project NEON is something Microsoft refers to as <strong>\"Acrylic\"<\/strong>. With this component, Windows 10 will <strong>blur the background, sidebar and the app when it\u2019s being navigated<\/strong>, allowing the user to focus on the main content instead. As for the blur effects itself, it is essentially the <strong>Aero Glass feature<\/strong> that Microsoft introduced with Windows Vista.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-10-project-neon\/01-aero-glass-feature.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"671\" alt=\"aero glass feature\"><\/figure>\n<p>Alongside Acrylic, Microsoft will also be introducing <strong>Connected Animations and Conscious UI<\/strong> with Project NEON. While little is known about this two features thus far, we do know that<strong> both of them will work in tandem with Acrylic<\/strong>. Rounding up Project NEON, Microsoft has also made sure that the UI update will bring with it <strong>3D and HoloLens interaction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/windows-10-project-neon\/02-3d-hololens-interactions.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" alt=\"3d hololens interaction\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Redstone 3 update is expected to <strong>go live in the second half of 2017<\/strong>, and we fully expect Microsoft to reveal more about Project NEON at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mspoweruser.com\/project-neon-windows-10-first-look\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Build 2017<\/a> in May. Until then, those of you who are part of the<strong> Windows 10 Insider Program can get a sneak preview of Project NEON<\/strong>. If you have the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build, you would be pleased to know that the <strong>Groove Music application<\/strong> now comes with the updated UI.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mspoweruser.com\/project-neon-windows-10-first-look\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> MSPowerUser<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/amazing-projects-microsoft-research\/\">12 Amazing Microsoft Research Projects You Have to See<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 will be getting some graphical improvements within the year as Microsoft has shown off a UI update at the Windows Developer Day event that the company is calling Project NEON. 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