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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: 2) by useless on Thursday January 22 2015, @05:25PM

    by useless (426) on Thursday January 22 2015, @05:25PM (#136999)

    Unless I missed it early in the video, they never showed a front, full face shot view of anyone wearing the thing. Kind of odd. But hey, at least we know what they are doing with Minecraft now.

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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Thursday January 22 2015, @07:23PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 22 2015, @07:23PM (#137033)

    We also didn't get to see actual footage of what a wearer sees (even if only 2d). I suspect it is very low resolution and framerate at the moment.

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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday January 22 2015, @08:02PM

    by jimshatt (978) on Thursday January 22 2015, @08:02PM (#137043) Journal
    And funnily enough, we *do* get to see someone making a VR-Skype call to someone not wearing it. Probably because it looks stupid.