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Microsoft demos 'holoportation' 3D presence tech with HoloLens

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Re: Microsoft demos 'holoportation' 3D presence tech with HoloLens

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Post by m4x »

soared wrote: post #106
r3bl wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NASA already uses Hololens to get the scientists to feel like they're walking on Mars. Rovers basically capture the footage from Mars in all perspectives, these pictures get transferred back to Earth, and scientists are able to "walk" on Mars with as low delay as possible (of course, it takes a while to transfer the images down to Earth). It's a remarkable thing and I really do feel like Hololens (or some other Augme…

Why would they use AR and not VR? AR actually seems useless for that use case.

AR would allow you to interact with your co-workers much more naturally than VR

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Post by sinxoveretothex »

guelo wrote: post #59
sinxoveretothex wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The other thing that wasn't so evident by this video is that everyone you were taking to would have to be wearing Hololenses, so it will still be a bit awkward. I remember seeing the guy who invented the selfie stick present it to Canada's Dragon's Den: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw7YbcoCkbs . My reaction was: this is ridiculous and stupid. Nobody will ever use that let alone buy it. Let's just say I was sligh…

You're sure it will take off. But at the same time you confess that you are very bad at predicting these kind of things. So, not sure what you're saying.

I said that sinxoveretothex_atThatTime was wrong.

The reason I dismissed the product then was because of the aesthetics. The same reason that my parent commenter pointed to to suggest holoportation wouldn't work.

I gave the example of VR. I can also give the example of "portable" phones and "portable" computers (have you seen how fugly those things were back then?). Or bluetooth earpieces.

That being said, I'm not predicting the end of in-person meetings or anything remotely like that. I wrote too candidly when I wrote "this will take off". Let's just say that we'll see more and more of that type of technology in the future.

I expect this to reach Bluetooth earpieces level of ubiquitousness: not quite without haters and not quite everyone-has-one, but rather everyone-knows-someone-who-uses-one kind of thing.

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Post by renox »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #40
hoodoof wrote: post #37

Microsoft seems to be fiddling around in research while Sony runs away with the Virtual Reality cup.

As a point of clarification, this is Augmented Reality, which is actually quite different than Virtual Reality in practice and scale. So it's an apples to bananas comparison.

The Vive has one camera on the headset, so it can do a kind of AR too..

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

renox wrote: post #113
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a point of clarification, this is Augmented Reality, which is actually quite different than Virtual Reality in practice and scale. So it's an apples to bananas comparison.

The Vive has one camera on the headset, so it can do a kind of AR too..

No, it doesn't and this has already been discussed ad-nausea around the VR world.

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Post by tonylemesmer »

frik wrote: post #58
LarryMade2 wrote: post #9

Nice "demo"... Microsoft lately seems to be really good at being a "proof of concept developer." Which is cool and all that, but then people wait and forget why it was so cool. As a comparison, Apple holds back their tech till it is polished and ready for market, so people are excited and start literally lining up to get whatever it is... And when they get it for the most part they aren’t disappointed, because it is…

Others like Apple actually deliver their products, and they work exactly like advertised. Microsoft is well known for announcing and promising products/vapourware years in advance. Like the HoloLens Minecraft demonstration at E3 2015. What a betray to the public eye it was. HoloLens has for technical reasons a very narrow field of view, the 3D content is only visible in a small area of the view, and cannot deliver th…

Its a demo. Quite a good one.

Re: Microsoft demos 'holoportation' 3D presence tech with HoloLens

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Post by renox »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #115
renox wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Vive has one camera on the headset, so it can do a kind of AR too..

No, it doesn't and this has already been discussed ad-nausea around the VR world.

I'm sorry but could you provide some explanation (hint or link)? I'm probably wrong but your correction is a bit short IMHO.
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