window = CoreWindow::GetForCurrentThread( );
    Window::width = window->Bounds.Width;
    Window::height = window->Bounds.Height;

    // Define temporary pointers to a device and a device context
    ComPtr<ID3D11Device> d3dDevice11;
    ComPtr<ID3D11DeviceContext> d3dDeviceContext11;

    // Create the device and device context objects
    D3D11CreateDevice(
        nullptr,
        D3D_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,
        nullptr,
        0,
        nullptr,
        0,
        D3D11_SDK_VERSION,
        &d3dDevice11,
        nullptr,
        &d3dDeviceContext11 );

    // Convert the pointers from the DirectX 11 versions to the DirectX 11.1 versions
    d3dDevice11.As( &d3dDevice );
    d3dDeviceContext11.As( &d3dDeviceContext );

    // obtain the DXGI factory
    ComPtr<IDXGIDevice1> dxgiDevice;
    d3dDevice.As( &dxgiDevice );
    ComPtr<IDXGIAdapter> dxgiAdapter;
    dxgiDevice->GetAdapter( &dxgiAdapter );
    ComPtr<IDXGIFactory2> dxgiFactory;
    dxgiAdapter->GetParent( __uuidof( IDXGIFactory2 ), &dxgiFactory );

    // set up the swap chain description
    DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC1 scd = { 0 };
    scd.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;    // how the swap chain should be used
    scd.BufferCount = 2;                                  // a front buffer and a back buffer
    scd.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM;              // the most common swap chain format
    scd.SwapEffect = DXGI_SWAP_EFFECT_FLIP_SEQUENTIAL;    // the recommended flip mode
    scd.SampleDesc.Count = 1;                             // disable anti-aliasing

    dxgiFactory->CreateSwapChainForCoreWindow(
        d3dDevice.Get( ),                                  // address of the device
        reinterpret_cast<IUnknown*>( window ),        // address of the window
        &scd,                                       // address of the swap chain description
        nullptr,                                    // advanced
        &swapchain );                                // address of the new swap chain pointer

    // get a pointer directly to the back buffer
    ComPtr<ID3D11Texture2D> backbuffer;
    swapchain->GetBuffer( 0, __uuidof( ID3D11Texture2D ), &backbuffer );

    // create a render target pointing to the back buffer
    d3dDevice->CreateRenderTargetView( backbuffer.Get( ), nullptr, &rendertarget );


    // set the viewport
    D3D11_VIEWPORT viewport = { 0 };

    viewport.TopLeftX = 0;
    viewport.TopLeftY = 0;
    viewport.Width = Window::width;
    viewport.Height = Window::height;
    viewport.MinDepth = 0;    // the closest an object can be on the depth buffer is 0.0
    viewport.MaxDepth = 1;    // the farthest an object can be on the depth buffer is 1.0

    d3dDeviceContext->RSSetViewports( 1, &viewport );

    // DIRECT 2D stuff

        D2D1_FACTORY_OPTIONS options;
        ZeroMemory( &options, sizeof( D2D1_FACTORY_OPTIONS ) );

        D2D1CreateFactory(
            D2D1_FACTORY_TYPE_SINGLE_THREADED,
            __uuidof( ID2D1Factory2 ),
            &options,
            &d2dFactory
            );

        ComPtr<IDXGIDevice3> dxgiDevice2;

        HRESULT hr;

        hr = d3dDevice.As( &dxgiDevice2 );

        hr = d2dFactory->CreateDevice( dxgiDevice2.Get(), d2dDevice.GetAddressOf() );

        hr = d2dDevice->CreateDeviceContext(
            D2D1_DEVICE_CONTEXT_OPTIONS_NONE,
            &d2dDeviceContext
            );