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Microsoft announces HoloLens for Windows 10
The next step in Windows technology is called Microsoft HoloLens - an augmented reality headset that uses holograms - operating system group technical fellow Alex Kipman announced today. HoloLens is not quite Microsoft's version of the Oculus Rift or Project Morpheus, but something different: a set of augmented reality goggles designed to work with applications like Skype as well as games like Minecraft.
Kipman unveiled the HoloLens, "the most advanced holographic computer the world has ever seen," onstage. The HoloLens uses see-through lenses, spatial sound to hear behind you and advanced sensors. It includes built-in high-end CPU and GPU and a third processor, a holographic processing unit. Holograms are universal apps and all universal apps can be made to work with Windows holographic, Kipman added. The headset is untethered does not include wires or require a connection to a phone or PC. Windows 10 includes a set of APIs devs can use to create holographic experiences.
Demonstrating more than virtual reality, a video shown during the presentation overlapped images with the real world; the clip included shots from the wildly popular game Minecraft.
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#4997531 Posted on: 01/22/2015 11:03 PM
It looks amazing to me. Especially the part where you can save the image and print it on a 3D printer, thus making it real. It also looked like there will be a holographic version of Netflix that you could watch anywhere.
It looks amazing to me. Especially the part where you can save the image and print it on a 3D printer, thus making it real. It also looked like there will be a holographic version of Netflix that you could watch anywhere.
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#4997731 Posted on: 01/23/2015 08:03 AM
Finally an Occulus killer! This appears much less restrictive to use but dunno when it will be ready for the world.
Finally an Occulus killer! This appears much less restrictive to use but dunno when it will be ready for the world.
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#4998220 Posted on: 01/23/2015 11:48 PM
This won't be an Oculus killer. Oculus Rift is a wide-angled, full-immersion VR set that can be plugged into a high-power computer for more realistic displays.
This is an AR HUD that has a limited field of view, limited power in terms of raw graphics capabilities, and cannot immerse the user into the virtual world. Rather, it brings the virtual world into the real one. Big question is: how much can the display occlude the real world for portions of the virtual that are being displayed?
Also, clip-on adapters such as what CastAR can use to turn it into a VR set won't work on the Hololens. CastAR uses microprojectors to project images onto a special material. The caps include that material plus additional optics to redirect the images at extremely close range. The Hololens uses lenses that work far more like fiber optics, and transmit their images to the user's eye directly, inside the visor. Hololens is a dedicated AR.
I doubt that this would compete directly with full VR sets, as AR and VR tend to be better at different things. In fact, I see it as far more of a competitor to Technical Illusion's CastAR than anything else (that I am aware of.)
Finally an Occulus killer! This appears much less restrictive to use but dunno when it will be ready for the world.
This won't be an Oculus killer. Oculus Rift is a wide-angled, full-immersion VR set that can be plugged into a high-power computer for more realistic displays.
This is an AR HUD that has a limited field of view, limited power in terms of raw graphics capabilities, and cannot immerse the user into the virtual world. Rather, it brings the virtual world into the real one. Big question is: how much can the display occlude the real world for portions of the virtual that are being displayed?
Also, clip-on adapters such as what CastAR can use to turn it into a VR set won't work on the Hololens. CastAR uses microprojectors to project images onto a special material. The caps include that material plus additional optics to redirect the images at extremely close range. The Hololens uses lenses that work far more like fiber optics, and transmit their images to the user's eye directly, inside the visor. Hololens is a dedicated AR.
I doubt that this would compete directly with full VR sets, as AR and VR tend to be better at different things. In fact, I see it as far more of a competitor to Technical Illusion's CastAR than anything else (that I am aware of.)
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Holographic porn, finally.