MICROSOFT HOLOLENS Blending the digital world with the real world, Microsoft promises us new ways to visualise our world, our work, new ideas and play. The HoloLens is basically a set of goggles or glasses that fits over your eyes and constructs holograms and images and video in front of you and it can blend with your environment.
and shape holograms, you will have a new medium to express your creativity, a more efficient way to teach and learn, and a more effective way to visualize your work and share ideas. This means your digital content and creations will be more relevant when they come to life in your world.”
Microsoft says:
With it’s own CPU and GPU not being powerful enough, Microsoft added a third processor the Holographic Processing Unit that gives the device the realtime ability to understand where you’re looking and to also under-
“Our vision for holographic computing is to transform the world with holograms – seamlessly connecting the digital world with real life. With the ability to design
stand gestures and to map the world around you (from the HoloLens site). It also features “spatial sound” to ensure that what you hear works in such a way that it’s coming from where you would expect it to originate from. A microphone is also in the device to capture commands. No details on pricing or release date as yet but it’s an exciting device that could be an amazing gaming accessories that, if used right, would change the way we interact with games.
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NEWS JUNE 2015