Windows Holographic
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Microsoft, what have you done to my reality. I still can't believe this. I'm so feeling like reality isn't reality. My perception of reality has been broken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA[/ame]Microsoft, what have you done to my reality. I still can't believe this. I'm so feeling like reality isn't reality. My perception of reality has been broken.
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(sorry for being negative here, but I cannot help but feel like this sums up all that is dumb about the tech world today. We have amazing networks and tools but still, marketing teams still find ways to lie to the face of customers by promising things that we all know won't work as advertised.)
The DPI on those displays must be very high, and I think we'll "solve" VR before we "solve" AR. Obviously this would need speakers to work as a TV replacement, I still can't see AR being useful for professional applications besides walking around a model.
if you're going to sit down and have the goggles display a tv on your wall... why the fuck wouldn't you just have it play right in front of your eyes, in the goggles, occulus style?
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/microsoft-hands-on/
don't call it a hologram until we can all see the same thing without goggles
Its a little clunky but in time they will stream line it, or should I say Samsung's version will be!
It's also not a hologram...
I'm sure it works just as well and is as up to the task as Kinect was prior to launch...
So, the new way of shopping will now require a tag '' Compatible with Hololens''.
On the other hand, when the marketing makes it look so smooth and wrinkle-free people just get cynical. It's like 'yeah OK'. They should be treating it more like the prototype it is; that little lego demonstration was hard to watch.
Slightly dry but it gives you a better idea of what it actually does and doesn't do.
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I think it's promising and could be really cool. Imagine making a character and be able to look it right in the eye and walk around it.
Also... So just before Windows11 comes out? This tells me they have a lot of work left to do and they might have "Pimped it too early".
thought the same thing or looking at the monitor lol but if it actually WORKS it would be like tony stark
www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/22/minecraft-hololens-minecraft-reality/
I'm betting on the latter.
I mean shit guys! It's already wireless! That's fucking amazing.
As a matter of fact, I would have been much more impressed by the tech had they shown their real prototype instead of the ridiculous "preview" video.
They also say it has a CPU, GPU and some new kind of HPU. Which is probably just another CPU dedicated to holographic images... who knows maybe they really did spend a lot of time engineering some new kind of hardware to fill a specific need?
I'm also curious what the battery life is on this beast. The glass seems to only last 3-4 hours from what I've read.
I also remain highly skeptical of all the articles being written on the subject. There seems to be something fishy going on, with all of them following the exact same format and narrative, all using the same official stock images and the same overly enthusiastic tone. Why is no one making diagrams or even crude mockups of what they experienced ? For instance, I am curious to hear about the way transparency is being handled, but no one is even trying to put together a photoshop mockup of what the Minecraft demo actually looked like.
Sorry for being negative on all this, but the "I have an idea for the fuel tank" bit really rubs me the wrong way. Why would they try to BS the precise target audience they seem to be going for ?
I'm most curious how well it handles the hand gesture controls, details are kind of skecthy on that. The kinect and wiimote are still the best offers in the control area, . Still, i think this is exciting tech, and has a lot of difficult problems to solve. Sounds like the display is still transparent, but some of the reviewers seemed to have no issue believing holes in walls as in that minecraft demo.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/microsoft-hololens-hands-on/
This article takes a critical look that might sway you a little.
Side note, that minecraft in real life is sweet, but makes me worry about the youth at the risk of sounding technophobic here. Maybe I'll invent human analogs to computer viruses, so they at least can have the experience of getting sick from playing with dirt.
I'd like one either way.
Microsoft deliberately confuses real creativity with some kind of hightech coloring book. And this what I really think is bad.
Anandtech seems to have been impressed with the initial press presentation this week. But perhaps they are all painting the same narrative because the event was invitation only ( about 100 or so )
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8919/microsoft-reveals-the-next-generation-of-windows-10
Finally I can learn how to assemble a p-trap.
I think we all *WANT* the Tony Stark like interface option, but I'm skeptical they've got it. However, even a wireless peripheral HUD would be an outstanding piece.
Most likely Intel chips. I'm pretty sure that Intel is developing chips dedicated to these types of technology. There's even a demo at my local Best Buy. I didn't have a chance to try it but it's basically AR. I don't think the demo at Best Buy was for MS but for Intel's new type of chips processing this type of information.
The only people I know who use Kinect are people who abuse the shit out of it for cheap mocap :P
Honestly if the end result was as good as the ads, I'd love to try it with zBrush. But I severly doubt that it will be.
Maybe I should get a RIFT with some of those fancy tech gloves. Same results.
Also can someone invent real, cheap holo tech? Please? I want my own personal Holo butler
So you can walk around your creations I guess