Microsoft HoloLens – The Next Gen Of Virtual Reality
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With recent news of Google Glass discontinuing for the time
being, I thought we were hitting a sort of plateau for wearable tech and
virtual reality. A quiet realisation that we didn’t have the tech to give the
everyday consumer that awesome stuff that Tony Stark has access too.
Just when I thought it was time for that, Microsoft hits
back with their HoloLens. It looks impressive. Very impressive.
It was announced during Microsoft’s presentation about
Windows 10. Since the reveal, it’s trumped just about everything else that
Microsoft told its consumers was coming with the new OS. But why would we
really care about a bit of an update when Microsoft are promising the next big
thing in virtual reality.
Take a look at the video.
Not bad, right? The HoloLens looks like its taking steps forward
in virtual reality and also looks to be pushing its augmented reality
capabilities. But we’ll just have to wait and see how that goes, AR is still in
very early days, it’s much less developed than VR.
All this looks too good to be true. Microsoft has often fallen
short of promised features. Take a look at Kinect for Xbox. It definitely fell
short of expectations leaving much to be desired.
But during the presentation, the HoloLens was taken for a
live action demo as a Microsoft staff member build a holographic drone in mid-air
in front of the crowd.
The HoloLens is its own standalone unit. It requires no
computer or other software and can operate independently on its own. This is a
huge step forwards in AR and VR, leaving competitors such as Oculus Rift in the
dust.
It does still look a bit ridiculous, but as mentioned in my previous article, it’s early days. Try to remember the first mobile phones.
There’s not yet been any news concerning pricing, release
dates or if it will go straight to developers first. But for now I can safely
say that this is a step in the right direction for wearable tech.
But how well it holds up for actual use is yet to be
determined. I hope that Microsoft aren’t just making big promises that their
tech can’t keep. I think HoloLens has a long way to go before we see any form
of retail products.
If this article has left you drooling for more, have a play around with this 3D model made by Sketchfab.
We'll keep you posted when there's more to know about the HoloLens.
Tom Welby
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