The 10 Coolest Features Coming to Windows 10

Microsoft hopes to integrate 3D creation tools into every aspect of Windows 10's suite of productivity tools. Central to this is Paint 3D, a new version of the classic MS Paint app that lets you build virtual models by cutting and pasting 2D images from photographs, doodling 2D images with the Surface Pen, or even 3D-scanning a real life object with your smartphone's camera. Paint 3D is a software studio where you can make your own life-like images.

If you've made something cool in Minecraft, you'll be able to send it to a 3D printer. It's the one Microsoft property that's seemingly made for this.

Wednesday's 3D demo also included a 3D tree being dropped into a PowerPoint presentation. The tree spun and zoomed around as the presentation moved from slide to slide. Microsoft says support for 3D images and animations will be added to all of the big apps in Office. It's a big 3D graphics push.

Microsoft still loves Hololens (there was a demo!) but with all of this 3D content pumping through Windows 10, its AR headset is about to get company. Hardware partners like Lenovo, Asus, Acer, HP, and Dell will be making VR headsets for both VR games and 3D experiences in Windows. Pricing starts at $300. These VR headsets appear to have positional tracking, a key differentiator that makes them more capable than smartphone-powered headsets like Gear VR and Daydream.