Microsoft HoloLens: Headset Will Float 3D Images in Front of User's Eyes

latinpost.com ^ | Robert C. Weich III

[BenLurkin]

The HoloLens will display 3D images in front of a user's eyes. The 3D images will intermingle with a user's real-world environment to create a unique experience.

Microsoft's upcoming headset is not trying to be a virtual reality device. Instead, it is an "augmented reality." Someone wearing the device could see some objects on a table that are not really there, and they will be able to interact with them as if they were real and actually in front of them.

When someone who is not wearing a HoloLens sees someone who is wearing one, they will think some of their movements are strange. The HoloLens user will walk around things that are not really there, make tap or "click" gestures in the air (Microsoft calls this air-tapping) or even make some vocal reactions like "ooh" or "ahh."

Like Apple's Siri or Windows Phone's Cortana, the HoloLens will respond to vocal commands that a user gives it.

The HoloLens skips out on the use of headphones and instead puts small "floating audio" speakers near the user's ears. These speakers will be loud enough to hear things but not too loud to make outside noises inaudible.

[Westbrook]

The HoloLens experience seems to be a projection into 3-D space of what Windows users experience every day.
:)

[dp0622]

I’m SURE this wont be used by the porno industry lol. there will be zillions of guys grabbing at thin air :)

[Covenantor]

So that guy that took that new designer drug flakka before trying to hump a tree, he was like an MS beta tester?

[Doogle]

[Steely Tom]

Yawn.

Let me know when they can do it without a headset.

[dp0622]

lo!! I want it for my cat and best friend through my injury, Spaghetti !!! They are not the soulless, selfish creatures people make them out to be :)
Yes, I’m of Italian descent.
That is a great picture!! will send it to better half.

[Bob434]

great- that’s just what I want, more eye floaters

[Vince Ferrer]

There is a good demonstration on this page:

Microsoft used this adorable robot to show off new HoloLens features

[RoosterRedux]

This will compete with Google’s Occulus Rift.

[kevkrom]

I’m SURE this wont be used by the porno industry lol. there will be zillions of guys grabbing at thin air :)

Wait until they pair it with gloves and clothing that provide tactile feedback.

[RoosterRedux]

Touchable holography is already in the works (I am guessing sensory mechanisms will be fitted to hands, body).

[corkoman]

[Political Junkie Too]

Maybe not. Oculus Rift is a totally CGI image. This is more like a HUD that overlays onto what you already see. Think "Terminator" where you can see data about whatever is in your line of sight.

-PJ

[dp0622]

Then feminists wont have to worry about getting men out of women’s lives lol. They’ll be replaced by a computer and some glasses.

[I want the USA back]

“virtual reality” is a contradiction in terms. If it’s real, it’s not virtual. They mean “simulated reality”.

[dp0622]

good lord. incredible. Will there be holographic PCs to use at work. Right now graphics and presentations people, such as myself have to Large screens open at the same time.

[McGruff]

You have a dirty mind. We have something in common.

[dfwgator]

"Pay the order of Iron Balls McGinty...One Dollar and Nine Cents."

[Westbrook]

I was talking about avoiding things that aren’t there and making moves that don’t make sense to others around you.