HomeOS was the

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of a

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being developed at

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in the early 2010s. Microsoft Research announced the project in 2010 and abandoned it in 2012. HomeOS communicated with Lab of Things, a

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infrastructure also developed by

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. Microsoft's slogan for their HomeOS project was "Enabling smarter homes for everyone." Microsoft's HomeOS development team has written three sample

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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

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app that uses audio from

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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. Some staff who worked on the project cited Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's focus on

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, and

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as the reason for the stalled

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Official Microsoft HomeOS website

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Lab of Things
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