Software:HomeOS
| Developer | Microsoft Research |
|---|---|
| Working state | Unknown ((As of October 2013)) |
| Official website | www |
HomeOS was the working title of a home automation operating system being developed at Microsoft Research in the early 2010s.[1][2] Microsoft Research announced the project in 2010 and abandoned it in 2012.[3]
HomeOS communicated with Lab of Things, a cloud-based Internet of Things infrastructure also developed by Microsoft.[4][5][6]
Microsoft's slogan for their HomeOS project was "Enabling smarter homes for everyone."[7]
Microsoft's HomeOS development team has written three sample applications that make use of multiple devices, including a "sticky media" app that plays music in parts of the house that are lit up, but not other rooms; a two-factor authentication app that uses audio from smartphones and images from a front-door camera to turn on lights when a user is identified; and a home browser for viewing and controlling a user's access to all devices in a home.[8]
Some staff who worked on the project cited Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's focus on enterprise applications, productivity software, and cloud computing as the reason for the stalled development.[3]
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References
- ↑ Dixon, Colin; Mahajan, Ratul; Agarwal, Sharad; Brush, A.J.; Lee, Bongshin; Saroiu, Stefan; Bahl, Victor (April 2012). "An Operating System for the Home". Microsoft Research – Publications. Microsoft. http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=157701.
- ↑ Foley, Mary Jo (10 September 2010). "Microsoft experiments with 'HomeOS' and home app store ideas". CBS Interactive. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-experiments-with-homeos-and-home-app-store-ideas/7352.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Microsoft had a plan to automate your home before Apple and Google — but never did it". businessinsider.com. 4 December 2015. http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-home-automation-software-homeos-2015-12.
- ↑ "Lab of Things Wiki". Microsoft. https://labofthings.codeplex.com/documentation.
- ↑ Higginbotham, Stacey (15 July 2013). "Microsoft pushes HomeOS further with Lab of Things, but where's the mobile angle?". https://gigaom.com/2013/07/15/microsoft-pushes-homeos-further-with-lab-of-things-but-wheres-the-mobile-angle/.
- ↑ Foley, Mary Jo (15 July 2013). "Microsoft adds a Lab of Things to its HomeOS". CBS Interactive. http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-adds-a-lab-of-things-to-its-homeos/.
- ↑ "HomeOS homepage". https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/homeos-enabling-smarter-homes-for-everyone/.
- ↑ ""Microsoft's HomeStore: Home automation, with an iPhone-inspired twist"". zd.net. 7 October 2010. https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-homestore-home-automation-with-an-iphone-inspired-twist/.
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