Microsoft HoloLens - The best of...

We have compiled 3 of the best videos that demonstrate the amazing capabilities of Microsoft HoloLens.
We believe that all the developer community is excited about such a technological innovation and we cannot stop thinking about all the endless opportunities that such a technological advance will bring to everyone.

Keep your eyes and ears open for more!

A BIT ABOUT MICROSOFT HOLOLENS:

The premier device for Windows Holographic, Microsoft HoloLens is a smart glasses unit that is a cordless, self-contained Windows 10 computer. It uses advanced sensors, a high-definition 3D optical head-mounted display, and spatial sound to allow for augmented reality applications, with a natural user interface that the user interacts with through gaze, voice, and hand gestures.[9][10][note 3] Codenamed "Project Baraboo," HoloLens had been in development for five years before its announcement in 2015, but was conceived earlier as the original pitch made in late 2007 for what would become the Kinect technology platform.

Microsoft expects HoloLens to be made available "in the Windows 10 timeframe" and priced for use in both the enterprise and consumer markets. An unnamed Microsoft executive said that HoloLens would cost significantly more than a game console.

The Microsoft HoloLens design is of a visor glasses unit connected to an adjustable padded inner headband. The unit can be tilted up and down, as well as adjusted forward and backward in relation to the headband. To wear the HoloLens, the user uses an adjustment wheel at the back of the headband to secure it around the crown of their head, supporting the weight of the unit. The user then tilts the visor down in front of the eyes.

In the brow of the unit is much of the sensors and related hardware, including depth sensors, photo/video camera, and holographic processing unit. The visor front is progressively tinted from darker at the top portion with the sensor hardware, to clearer at the bottom area.[13] Enclosed in the visor piece is an transparent combiner lens, in which the projected image is displayed in the lower half.[1] The HoloLens must be calibrated to the interpupillary distance (IPD) of the individual user. Similar to that of many other optical head-mounted displays, the display projection for the HoloLens occupies a limited portion of the user's field of view, particularly in comparison to virtual reality head-mounted displays, which typically cover a much greater field of view.

Along the bottom edges of the side arms by wearer's ears are a pair of small red stereo speakers. As opposed to headphones, the speakers do not obstruct external sound, allowing the user to hear virtual sounds together with the real-world environment.[13] Using scientific models of human sound localization, the HoloLens can generate binaural audio which can simulate spatial effects, such that the user can perceive a sound as coming from a specific location.

On the top edge are two pairs of buttons: display brightness buttons above the left ear, and volume buttons above the right ear. The buttons are shaped differently—one concave, one convex—so that the user can distinguish them by touch.

At the end of the left arm is a power button and row of five tiny LEDs, which are together are used to indicate system status, as well as for power management, indicating battery level and setting power/standby mode. A micro USB receptacle for charging and connectivity is located along the bottom edge.

Among the sensor types used in HoloLens is an energy-efficient depth camera with a 120°×120° field of view,[11][note 5] a microphone array, a photographic video camera, and an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The inertial measurement unit includes an accelerometer, gyroscope, and a magnetometer.

In addition to a high-end CPU and GPU, HoloLens features a Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) a custom coprocessor by Microsoft which efficiently processes and integrates data from the various sensors, handling tasks such as spatial mapping, gesture recognition, and voice and speech recognition.

According to HoloLens chief inventor Alex Kipman, the HPU processes "terabytes of information" from the HoloLens's sensors in real time.

This is so awesome!!! I Cannot wait to try that!

[SHO]

Supposedly the demo's are very misleading. In reality it has a narrow field of view. Supposedly it is not a matter of processing, but a limit to the display technology. If true, than I see see sales being low assuming > $1200 price point.