Microsoft Hololens Demos Impress On The Build 2015 Stage

[scolaner]

Today at Build 2015 in San Francisco, Microsoft rolled out its latest, very impressive, Hololens demos.

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[thekyle64]

The main issue I see is that people will be walking into things and tripping

 

[scolaner]

The main issue I see is that people will be walking into things and tripping

Ah, no mon frere. The headset lens is transparent. All of these things are projected onto the real world.

 

[DelightfulDucklings]

I think this device has got to be the most exciting thing shown off this year, it has such potential and I really hope it's as good as it seems. If I can project a massive screen onto any wall and use it as effectively a PC/TV then that alone will basically sell me on the device.

 

[lancelot123]

What do you thing, ten years to have this tech small enough to be built into my regular prescription eyeglasses? Seems reasonable.

 

[XaveT]

I'm going to apologize in advance for this. I'm a programmer by profession, so my immediate reaction to the MS Hololens was "this is a neat idea. I wonder how the public will mess it up?".

Honestly, if this takes off, I'm interested in what innovative and terrible malware there will be developed for it. My initial fear was making things that aren't there. People, monsters, cars, walls, bridges, etc. Then I thought "what about just changing things that are there?". Change an oncoming car to an oncoming squirrel, maybe move a chair 3 feet so the person sits on thin air, etc.

I'm only half kidding. I wonder if MS has something in it that can thwart stuff like that?

 

[The3monitors]

Hmmmm. This looks cool.

 

[agnickolov]

A coworker managed to get one of the limited slots to experience it directly. He said it basically feels just like what we saw projected during the keynote.

 

[NightLight]

i really like the interactive lessons part. this could change the way we educate people.

 

[qazzi]

How i wish MS would price this thing cheap, so that everyone could afford it(including me).

 

[neon871]

I know VR Geeks are thinking hologram=hologram porn

 

[JeanLuc]

Back at the Windows 10 event in January, Microsoft shocked the tech world with the announcement of Hololens

I beg to differ.

 

[Brian_R170]

Unfortunately, we don't know much at all about the Hololens hardware itself, and we have many questions about it. Microsoft said that Hololens has CPU and GPU, but also a Holographic Processing Unit (HPU).

Several websites reported back in January that it was powered by an Intel Cherry Trail SoC. At the time, it was an unreleased chip, but we now know that the Atom x7 in the Surface 3 is a Cherry Trail.

 

[Steveymoo]

So, how long until you get adverts plastered all over your own house, wearing one of these?

 

[red77star]

Useless as long as you have to wear heavy glasses. It is like 3D Movies...cool but useless.

 

[Nicecube]

This is very cool
Hope for a public release this years

 

[Andrew Gurklies]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

 

[chopstyx2904]

I don't know...... How does one drink holographic beer?