HomeOS is the

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of a

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that was being developed at

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in the early 2010s. Microsoft Research announced the project in 2010. HomeOS communicates with Lab of Things, a

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infrastructure also developed by

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. The slogan for the HomeOS project is "Enabling smarter homes for everyone." The 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

two-factor authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA; encompassing two-factor authentication, or 2FA, along with similar terms) is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting ...

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

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for viewing and controlling a user's access to all devices in a home. Some staff who worked on the HomeOS 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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of HomeOS.

References

External links

Official HomeOS website

External links

Lab of Things
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