Microsoft's next-gen HoloLens augmented reality device unveiled at E3
POSTED 16 Jun 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
The technology was unveiled at the annual E3 event in Los Angeles, California Credit: E3
Microsoft has unveiled its new HoloLens augmented reality headset, with a stunning Minecraft demo showcasing the new tech at the annual E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, California.
According to Microsoft, the HoloLens is the first fully untethered, see-through holographic computer. The next-gen technology enables high-definition holograms to come to life, seamlessly integrating with real-world physical places, spaces, and objects.
Offering a tech demo at E3 using Minecraft as an example, the user played the game on a wall before transferring it to another surface, using voice and hand gestures to manipulate the virtual objects projected by the headset.
The HoloLens differs from the popular Oculus Rift VR headset in that Microsoft’s version brings holograms into the user’s environment, as opposed to Oculus Rift’s shut-off, isolated experience.
The HoloLens can operate as its own computer system and contains more computing power than the average laptop. The Windows 10-powered device uses advanced sensors to capture information about what the user is doing and the environment around them.
“Holograms are the next evolution in computing,” said a Microsoft statement. “With this vision in mind, hardware, software, and design came together to create the first fully untethered holographic computer.
“People, not devices, are mobile. We are ready for technology to move beyond devices, beyond screens and pixels, and beyond today's digital borders.”
While a price for each device has not been confirmed, estimates are ranging from anywhere between US$400 (€355, £257) and US$1200 (€1064, £771).
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Microsoft's next-gen HoloLens augmented reality device unveiled at E3
POSTED 16 Jun 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
The technology was unveiled at the annual E3 event in Los Angeles, California Credit: E3
Microsoft has unveiled its new HoloLens augmented reality headset, with a stunning Minecraft demo showcasing the new tech at the annual E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, California.
According to Microsoft, the HoloLens is the first fully untethered, see-through holographic computer. The next-gen technology enables high-definition holograms to come to life, seamlessly integrating with real-world physical places, spaces, and objects.
Offering a tech demo at E3 using Minecraft as an example, the user played the game on a wall before transferring it to another surface, using voice and hand gestures to manipulate the virtual objects projected by the headset.
The HoloLens differs from the popular Oculus Rift VR headset in that Microsoft’s version brings holograms into the user’s environment, as opposed to Oculus Rift’s shut-off, isolated experience.
The HoloLens can operate as its own computer system and contains more computing power than the average laptop. The Windows 10-powered device uses advanced sensors to capture information about what the user is doing and the environment around them.
“Holograms are the next evolution in computing,” said a Microsoft statement. “With this vision in mind, hardware, software, and design came together to create the first fully untethered holographic computer.
“People, not devices, are mobile. We are ready for technology to move beyond devices, beyond screens and pixels, and beyond today's digital borders.”
While a price for each device has not been confirmed, estimates are ranging from anywhere between US$400 (€355, £257) and US$1200 (€1064, £771).
Landmark Entertainment developing virtual reality visitor attractions POSTED 12 Jun 2015. BY Tom Anstey Landmark Entertainment Group – the design team behind attractions such as Universal’s
Kongfrontation, Terminator 2 3D, Jurassic Park: The Ride and The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman 5D – have announced plans to create in-and-out of home ‘virtual reality
destinations’.
Van Gogh masterpiece turned into VR explorable 3D piece POSTED 19 May 2015. BY Tom Anstey A Brooklyn-based animator has taken Vincent Van Gogh’s classic masterpiece The Night
Café and recreated the work as an explorable three-dimensional piece via a virtual reality
headset.
The Void offers next-gen virtual reality gaming experience POSTED 13 May 2015. BY Tom Anstey A multi-million dollar visitor attraction coming in 2016 looks set to change the face of
virtual reality, offering a first-of-its-kind, next-gen, immersive gaming experience.
Exclusive: MMOne tech start-up bids to revolutionise virtual reality POSTED 17 Apr 2015. BY Tom Anstey A Ukraine-based development company has revealed plans for a an interactive
entertainment attraction that works with a virtual reality headset and a gamepad to
deliver a full-motion interactive experience.
OMA has completed a major transformation of New York's New Museum, creating a larger
cultural campus that combines expanded exhibition spaces with learning, performance,
hospitality and public programming.
A US$50 million (£44.2 million, €51.2 million) transformation of Chicago's historic McCormick
Mansion has created a new destination that combines live magic, immersive theatre, dining and
private membership under one roof.
The Montana Historical Society has officially celebrated the opening of its new Montana
Heritage
Center, a US$107 million (£79 million, €92 million) destination that combines immersive
storytelling with cutting-edge audiovisual technology to bring the sta
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