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‘Holoportation’ technology projects real-time recreations of people and objects into real-life environments
Read More »$3,000 HoloLens Development Edition launches in March
Next month will see developers finally get their hands on Microsoft’s augmented reality platform, HoloLens. An announcement accidentally posted ahead of embargo on Fortune (since pulled, viaReddit) revealed that the HoloLens Development Edition will open for pre-orders later today (February 29th) ahead of a March 30th release date. The kit …
Read More »HoloLens Development Edition to launch next month
Microsoft’s AR glasses will cost $3,000 and include Young Conker, Fragments and RoboRaid as games demos
Read More »Microsoft vows that HoloLens will not suffer Kinect’s fate
A full version of HoloLens will launch ‘when the world is ready’, to avoid the fate suffered by Kinect, Microsoft has said. If a consumer bought it today, they would have 12 things to do with it,” creator Alex Kipmanexplained (viaRecode). And they would say: ‘Cool, I bought a $3,000 …
Read More »Microsoft: We will be patient with HoloLens to avoid ‘unpleasant’ Kinect situation
'When I feel the world is ready, then we will allow normal people to buy it,' says creator Alex Kipman
Read More »Apple has built an Oculus-inspired VR headset
Tech giant also looking to rival Microsoft’s AR technology HoloLens
Read More »HoloLens field of view ‘like standing 2ft away from a 15" monitor’
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about its still in-development augmented reality headset HoloLens. Neowin grabbed the information from a Tel Aviv tech event attended by Microsoft’s technical evangelist Bruce Harris. Perhaps the most notable detail is that concerning the device’s field of view. It was revealed last July …
Read More »Microsoft HoloLens features native support for any Windows 10 app
Further details released about AR hardware include battery life, wireless functionality and display capability
Read More »Microsoft won’t be making a League of Legends HoloLens viewer
A proposal to make a HoloLens application that allows its wearer to observe League of Legends matches won’t be commissioned by Microsoft. The idea was pitched as part of the ‘Share Your Idea’ HoloLens initiative in which the community is encouraged to share thoughts and ideas about possible applications for …
Read More »60 people laid off from Microsoft’s Israel HoloLens team
Team now shifting to other technology as work 'winds down' on ambitious AR project
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