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Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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cmac2992 wrote: post #46
zitterbewegung wrote: post #12

I used a Hololens and it was awesome (it fit over my glasses). Inference on Hololens could make you do so much more. Maybe you could use it to take scans of parts from a CNC or the CNC tool and create a system that could tell you if a similar piece will fail in the future. From what I have seen compared to Google Glass I think it could be possible for richer interactions and also it uses both eyes. But, I haven't hea…

One of the best Enterprise uses I've heard for hololens is measuring spaces. The voices of VR podcast described a company that installs stair lift. Before theyd have to have multiple people come and take lots of measurements before the install. Now it's just one person who can get all measurements in less than 15 minutes.

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Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by gumby »

danmaz74 wrote: post #38
ratbr wrote: post #10

Serious question: what is an AI coprocessor technically? Some machine learnt models burned on a chip? Or some kind of a neural net with updatable weights?

The AI coprocessor is probably the first processor designed directly by the marketing department...

Oh man, that ship has sailed!

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by dby »

throwanem wrote: post #61
yellow_postit wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The virtual home sounds more appropriate for VR than AR or am I missing something about the in hospital scenario - with AR you'd still see all the hospital just with some bright holograms trying to be "in front"

Turn the lights off?

HL needs light for environment tracking. The best way I've found is to use sleep mask to block the light while letting cameras "see"

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by lwansbrough »

0xbear wrote: post #66
clmckinley wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree that you would expect more from a $3000 computer, but that is not what hololens is. Considering all of novel sensors and capabilities with the hololens, it is pretty amazing to me that the hololens is only $3000.

Have you actually used it? I have it on my desk. It's garbage. Low res, narrow FoV display, graphics capabilities from 10 years ago. I wouldn't pay fifty bucks for it if I was spending my own money.

Come on man... it's an x86 computer you can wear on your head that projects stable holographics in real time. There's literally nothing like it on the market.

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by freehunter »

0xffff2 wrote: post #34

Side note in case anyone at MS happens to read this, but the only actual content on this page that appears above the fold for me (viewing on a Surface Pro 4) is the headline, which is pushed nearly to the bottom of my display by all the headers/nav/whitespace. This strikes me as remarkably bad design.

I don't know if it's designed to do that or not, but that's been a huge trend for a few years now. I still have people request that I design a site like that, where the only thing visible by default on the homepage is a 68pt logo and on specific pages is a 68pt title. A navbar at the top and a navbar under the logo are also requested, both navbars displaying the same options.

I don't get it either.

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by freehunter »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #57
dsr_ wrote: post #2

Is it time to recognize that "AI" is the meaningless buzzword of 2017? "Nothing is cooler because it is cyber." -- J.D. Falk, RIP.

AI has been a word since McCarthy coined it in 1955. It is always "just around the corner", but it is hardly a meaningless buzzword.

The problem is people keep moving the goalposts. As soon as some AI technique is shown, suddenly it's just an algorithm and not actually AI. AI is something else. And then we invent that, and suddenly it's just an algorithm, not AI.

AI is magic. As soon as you know how the trick is done, it's just a trick. It's not magic anymore. There can never be such thing as AI, because as soon as it's put into a computer, it's just an algorithm.

Computers are constantly doing things that only humans could have done just a few years prior, but it's never AI. It's just algorithms.

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by dingo_bat »

ramshanker wrote: post #3

I remember HoloLens being announced to be available in "windows 10 timeframe". Still awaiting (EDIT:) Cheaper consumer version.

Well windows 10's time frame is now "as long as Microsoft is in business". It's going to be a series of beta quality builds until eternity.

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by godelmachine »

connorcpu wrote: post #11
ramshanker wrote: post #3

I remember HoloLens being announced to be available in "windows 10 timeframe". Still awaiting (EDIT:) Cheaper consumer version.

They're not really focused on making a consumer version, they're trying to turn it into an enterprise product first

Don't they follow that model for everything? For stuff like RAM, HDD's and anything related to computers? They actually build the product for enterprise and then also sell it to individual consumers.

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by 0xbear »

lwansbrough wrote: post #84
0xbear wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you actually used it? I have it on my desk. It's garbage. Low res, narrow FoV display, graphics capabilities from 10 years ago. I wouldn't pay fifty bucks for it if I was spending my own money.

Come on man... it's an x86 computer you can wear on your head that projects stable holographics in real time. There's literally nothing like it on the market.

Maybe the market doesn't need it?

Re: Second version of HoloLens HPU will incorporate AI coprocessor

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Post by zeusk »

dby wrote: post #83
throwanem wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Turn the lights off?

HL needs light for environment tracking. The best way I've found is to use sleep mask to block the light while letting cameras "see"

No it doesn't. Surface mapping is done via IR.
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