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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 jameshart »

carapace wrote: post #31
Animats wrote: post #8

Is it really "holographic", or just stereoscopic?

It works by stereoscopy. There maybe something "holographic" in the math used to compute what to show each eye, but there is no projection of light into space to form holographic images that people can walk around.

Nor is there with holograms. Holography requires creation of light fields from a flat surface - each point on the surface reflects a different amount of light depending on what angle it is viewed from, exactly mimicking the way light would pass through that plane if an object were there. No 'projection of light into space' is involved.

Since images are formed on your retina by focusing real lightfields, a true holographic display which produced a complete lightfield would be much more realistic and comfortable to view than a flat stereoscopic image is.

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

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Post by ryandvm »

publicfig wrote: post #42
watty wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To get fully immersed in another world. For example, playing games or watching a movie. I go to an IMAX theatre because it engulfs my senses, audio all around me, most of my field of view watching the screen. If the screen were translucent it simply wouldn't be the same. This will no doubt have some incredible applications, most of which augment reality. Not quite the same goal as Occulus.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't Microsoft just release (or ship this product with) a sort of blinder to put around these glasses to make the dedicated sight come from the glasses themselves while darkening everything else?

Or just turn out the lights.

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Post by hirsin »

publicfig wrote: post #42
watty wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To get fully immersed in another world. For example, playing games or watching a movie. I go to an IMAX theatre because it engulfs my senses, audio all around me, most of my field of view watching the screen. If the screen were translucent it simply wouldn't be the same. This will no doubt have some incredible applications, most of which augment reality. Not quite the same goal as Occulus.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't Microsoft just release (or ship this product with) a sort of blinder to put around these glasses to make the dedicated sight come from the glasses themselves while darkening everything else?

If the speculation about creating opaque holograms is correct, you can just use a virtual blinder as well - a black hologram that obscures or creates a virtual stage.

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

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Post by mynameisvlad »

nilkn wrote: post #34
_random_ wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and Oculus Rift is now less relevant as well (good timing for selling it to Facebook). Why buy a dedicated heavy wired non-see-throw helmet? To shit yourself when someone is tapping your shoulder?

Seems to me this is about adding onto reality rather than replacing it entirely.

Although they can easily replace it entirely. See the Mars Rover demo in the article, I believe it said that the entire image was replaced with Mars, and it was realistic enough that his legs weren't believing what they were stepping on.

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mnglkhn2 wrote: post #4

Now it makes sense that Google just announced that they're stopping Glass from being sold retail. They did not want to have their device compared to the new product from MS. Actually I see this new device as more prone to success than the Glass. These devices are competing for the same markets: healthcare, education and entertainment. And here Glass is somewhat underpowered.

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Post by ljk »

mnglkhn2 wrote: post #4

Now it makes sense that Google just announced that they're stopping Glass from being sold retail. They did not want to have their device compared to the new product from MS. Actually I see this new device as more prone to success than the Glass. These devices are competing for the same markets: healthcare, education and entertainment. And here Glass is somewhat underpowered.

Do you mean that there are spies informing Google about Microsoft's new product?
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