New Delhi Times

Microsoft Watch has an article giving a sneak preview into the list of new features included in Windows Vista Beta 1. Of personal interest to me was the following:
“A “Games Explorer,” designed to list all the games stored on a user’s computer, also will be part of Vista Beta 1. The Games Explorer will keep track of the last time each game was played, allowing users to sort or filter the display of games. This data is stored locally in the registry, and is not sent to Microsoft. When you open Game Explorer, it retrieves rich metadata about the games you have installed from the Windows Metadata and Internet Services (WMIS) at Microsoft”
This is the set of features that I worked on while at Microsoft. Actually there was much more to it but looks like some features got chopped off or maybe they will be revealed in Beta 2. Working with the Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies (WGGT) group was great fun. Some of the things that we worked on and evnisioned were truly exciting. Gaming was (and I am sure still is) going to be a showcase feature for the Longhorn client. We used to play Unreal Tournament every evening and I totally got my ass kicked. WGGT is an incredibly passionate team and I learned about “loving your job” there. Working with such a great team had made leaving Microsoft even harder. I miss ya guys (but not your Star War jokes )!