The dawn of the age of holograms | Alex Kipman

Alex Kipman wants to create a new reality — one that puts people, not devices, at the center of everything. With HoloLens, the first fully untethered holographic computer, Kipman brings 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. In this magical demo, explore a future without screens, where technology has the power to transport us to worlds beyond our own. (Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters)

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[AlexPizzini]

It's amazing how much he's talking and not saying anything.

[arturskimelis]

These are not holograms. This is VR. A hologram must be visible as a 3D object without the aid of any equipement.

[valeriyanev]

1.5g of magic mushrooms does better job at significantly lower cost...but the combination of both will be priceless.

[dpprofessor]

Is it ironic that his so called hologram reality is just 2 flat screens placed very close to his eyes?

[CharlesDourdy]

Is this a TED Talk or a product sales pitch?

[iluan_]

I miss the days when they put their commercials after the talks and not during them.

[hawk]

There is no substance. To use your words: There is no idea worth sharing in this video. He speaks so broadly, that, in the end, he says nothing at all.

[jaybabcock]

This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Multiplayer games would be like your actually there, with you friends, walking around on mars.

[maytons]

"We interact with devices too much"... 2 minutes later... "these new devices will be awesome" SMH

[gwensmith]

I love this infomercial. I also love his crotchety old man attitude. Humans have interacted via writing since forever. How is a letter human interaction but a text message some foreign form of communication or interaction

[MarkArandjus]

Holograms are manipulations of light to appear as 3D objects in actual space. This is something projected onto a screen that you wear. It's AUGMENTED REALITY. It's really cool, don't get me wrong, but don't bullshit us with fancy titles like DAWN OF THE AGE OF HOLOGRAAAMS!

[emptyslot]

Ted has become an advertising platform. Like the guy that talked about his machine that can make a plant taste like it grew anywhere in the world. He was just selling this to rich people, he didn't solve any problem other than his own financial one.

[eltmg]

God damn it... yes he's kinda awkward and talks really weirdly, and yes it's basically just a commercial for the HoloLens, and yes, it's also AR and VR, not holographic, but come on guys... you can't tell me it isn't still fucking cool. If he can today (or.. two years ago) interact with someone as if he was there, minus physical interaction, with just these glasses, what does this say of the future he talks about? Actual holodecks, you can essentially be somewhere without being there... it's not now or tomorrow, but it shows that it is the future and it's fucking exciting.

[praimjohnson]

Thank you guys for making this wonderful device! Imagine how much easier would studying be with such a device. Imagine how the whole class can visit a certain time or a president that has passed away hundreds of years ago. Time for the future and past to come to forth at our demand.

[JonathanHartwig]

Describe the internet to someone who's never heard of the internet and you'll get the same responses you're seeing in the comments section here. Unless you possess vision, you're not going to get this just yet. The potential for it is essentially limitless.

Also, his Q&A was the best. Pretty stern yet polite mic drop.

[Mr.Donahue]

Microsoft: these are not holograms. This is augmented reality!

[izzzzzz]

So many bad comments below. This is amazing. It's a whole new future of virtual interaction. Extremely realistic overlay. If it looks that great now in the goggles then imagine what it could be like in the future. You could be 100% immersed in a different reality. It's about as close as anyone has got to in reality, only science fiction has tried to represent such ideas in the past.

[salihawouda]

Truly an amazing presentation, the use pf holograms and augmented reality was truly incredible !

[koraxsan]

Hover-boards that do not hover and holograms that need special headgear to see, that is just using words but not using their meaning.

[kobayashimaru]

Ok TED should know better. There is nothing holographic about Hololens. Why does this term continue to be misused and why does no one seem to know or remember what an actual hologram is? Just because AR tech can simulate the image of a sci-fi-style hologram it doesn't make it a hologram.