Microsoft has just revealed its next great innovation: Windows Holographic. It's an augmented reality experience that employs a headset, much like all the VR goggles that are currently rising in popularity, but Microsoft's solution adds holograms to the world around you. The HoloLens headset is described as "the most advanced holographic computer the world has ever seen." It's a self-contained computer, including a CPU, a GPU, and a dedicated holographic processor. The dark visor up front contains a see-through display, there's spatial sound so you can "hear" hologram
s behind you, and HoloLens also integrates a set of motion and environmental sensors.
NO WIRES OR PC REQUIRED, IT'S A SELF-CONTAINED HOLOGRAM GENERATOR
Though still early in its development, HoloLens will be made available "in the Windows 10 timeframe" which could mean anything from 12 months to five years and, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, it will be priced "for both enterprise and consumers to use it." Microsoft has already shown HoloLens to at least one games publisher, with Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick describing the experience as "extraordinary."
NO WIRES OR PC REQUIRED, IT'S A SELF-CONTAINED HOLOGRAM GENERATOR
Though still early in its development, HoloLens will be made available "in the Windows 10 timeframe" which could mean anything from 12 months to five years and, according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, it will be priced "for both enterprise and consumers to use it." Microsoft has already shown HoloLens to at least one games publisher, with Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick describing the experience as "extraordinary."
