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Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles

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Re: Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles

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Post by foobarian »

brosky117 wrote: post #23

What are your thoughts about this? I'll tell you mine. I just watched Google slowly, painfully, realize that Google Glass isn't commercially viable (in it's current form and to the general public). I can't help but feel that this is a larger, albeit more immersive, version of Google Glass. I only make this point in regards to any plans for a sci-fi, everyday wearable HUD. There is obviously a great demand for this ki…

They have Minecraft-- wonder if they will be able to use it to introduce the product to the huge young generation who grew up on the game.

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Post by Tiktaalik »

mentos wrote: post #62

What is the killer app that will get people to go out and buy these? I don't think Holo Studio is it. Where is your imagination racing to?

A greenhorn tradesperson way out in the middle of nowhere looking at some broken machinery and having no idea why it's failed, calling up their boss with 40 years of experience, and having the boss, sitting on a comfy couch back at the office, look at the problem, explain it and draw diagrams of how to fix it in 3d space infront of the greenhorn.

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Post by rasz_pl »

walod wrote: post #241
dedward wrote: post #224

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No need to fake it... if you can get the retinal projection accurate enough, with fast enough eye tracking, the depth is as real as anything else you'll see in real life...the goal would be to have it feel completely natural.

I really hope they get the accurate tracking and depth and getting objects to "stick" where they belong in 3d space correctly, without moving out of place or floating in a wrong way, with quick head movement. If they can do that, most of the battle is won and it will be amazing. Edit: although, of course they'll need some intelligence on the surroundings to identify surfaces and stuff. But imagine like re-decorating…

They didnt, otherwise they would show you eye view instead of third person impression of what its supposed to look like to the user.

Most likely it suffers the same shaky snap laggy tracking like every other AR setup.

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Post by rasz_pl »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #214
mkolodny wrote: post #166

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I think this type of AR / holographic technology has many, many more potential real-world applications than VR. With VR, you're shutting yourself off from the outside world. Here, you're enhancing the outside world with technology. You still get to interact with others. Using HoloLens doesn't stop you from doing almost anything. What I'm curious to find out is whether HoloLens will run into the same core problem as G…

It's hard to understand how AR / holographic technology could help people in their day-to-day life. There are a zillion potential uses, but all of them seem extremely complicated and hard to pull off. Take the example of fixing your car. For example, performing your own oil change, or replacing your alternator. That seems like a perfect use case for holo, right? The goggles would tell you what needs to be done and wh…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LE_IocFnL0

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/owners/service/augmented_reality_w...

Its not like car manufacturers dont have cad models of their own cars or anything, right?

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Post by rasz_pl »

arcticfox wrote: post #157
nostromo wrote: post #112

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Reminds me of Google Glass's concept video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R1snVxGNVs I think Google over-promised initially which lead to many being underwhelmed with Glass. I hope Microsoft isn't making the same mistake here.

As far as I can tell, a big difference is that Google's concept video looks very little like actually using it, whereas Microsoft's is clearly just a better version of their live demo. The live demo was amazing.

Project natal videos were also amazing.

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Post by AaronFriel »

snops wrote: post #151
nsxwolf wrote: post #139

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Could the sensors be indeed flooding the device with terabytes of data, but the device can only sample that data at a more reasonable rate?

To give an example, a raw 4K stream at 12 bit is about 500MB/s, so unless it has 2000 4K cameras, unlikely.

I think you forgot to multiply by a frame rate, otherwise you don't have a "per second" unit. At 60fps, it's 29.66 GiB/s.
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