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posted by janrinok on Thursday January 22 2015, @03:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-likely-than-flying-cars dept.

TheLink writes:

A story from CNet has previews of Microsoft's Hololens - an augmented reality product::

REDMOND, Wash. -- In the bowels of Building 92, hidden underneath the company's public visitor center in a secret series of labs, Microsoft let a few people try out what may be the most ambitious Windows device ever made: a holographic headset that aims to rival the most advanced virtual reality devices out there.

Microsoft's HoloLens is expected to run Windows 10 and apps -- holographic ones that will float in front of your line of vision and apps that can be run on phones, tablets, PCs and the Xbox One game console. With the holographic programs, Microsoft is trying to transform how we think about computing, productivity and communication. Just as VR rivals Oculus (owned by Facebook) and Google are trying to reimagine virtual experiences with their head-worn devices, Microsoft wants us to imagine a world without screens, where information merely floats in front of you.

"We're not talking about putting you into virtual worlds," HoloLens leader Alex Kipman said Wednesday during an event at Microsoft's headquarters here. "We're dreaming beyond virtual worlds, beyond screens, beyond pixels."

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7868251/microsoft-hololens-hologram-hands-on-experience
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/microsoft-hands-on/

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 22 2015, @03:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 22 2015, @03:47PM (#136972)

    Ok but it's nothing that some careful marketing can't overcome.
    Personally I suggest coupling the Terribly named hololens with some smart wristwatch and name it "Mark of the beast".

    Such an operation is of course not aimed at selling stuff, it's more a thing to poison Apple's and Google's well. God Bless Patents.

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday January 22 2015, @03:58PM

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday January 22 2015, @03:58PM (#136975) Journal

    > "Microsoft wants us to imagine a world without screens, where information merely floats in front of you."

    I imagined it and the first thing I saw was an ad popup without a close button.

    Which is not a problem.

    The problem is that it's probably the first thing Microsoft saw too.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 22 2015, @04:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 22 2015, @04:28PM (#136980)

      The problem is that it's probably the first thing Microsoft saw tooth.

      FTFY

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 23 2015, @01:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 23 2015, @01:50AM (#137098)

    Ok but it's nothing that some careful marketing can't overcome.

    And a whole bunch of losers willing to be called holodicks if they ever wear it in public.