New details of the Microsoft HoloLens, a wireless headset have been made public by Microsoft's Bruce Harris, a technical evangelist within the company. Microsoft has recently started to allow developers experiencing the new headset at its flagship stores in New York City.
However, the tech giant has reportedly fumbled in disclosing details like availability, pricing and battery life. But finally the requisite information along with some new details have been disclosed by one of Microsoft's technical evangelists, Bruce Haris, at an event in Tel Aviv, reports The Verge.
Microsoft's Hololens headset battery has a life span for five and a half hours on a single charge. The battery life reduces to its half following intensive use. The augmented reality headset has been unveiled in the just concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 2016. The device is completely wireless dependent on its inbuilt battery for power, reports The Telegraph quoting Bruce Haris.
Hololens is scheduled to be shipped to developers in first quarter of 2016 and is devoid of any wired options. Any device supporting WiFi or Bluetooth is also capable of connecting to the headset. Wearing the headset provides a feeling for watching a 15 inch monitor close to the face reports, Wired quoting Petri.
Google Glass is similarly plagued by poor battery life since its few years of availability. The smart glasses are capable of lasting around half an hour while shooting video or three hours for general active use.
Unlike other reality rivals like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, HoloLens overlays holograms into the wearer's real life environment. It also allows to battle robots and invading aliens inside their living room and witness the holograms appear to burst through the walls and ceiling of the physical room.
Hololenses are also capable of getting connected all together. Two or more Hololens users are capable of examining the same object concurrently. Microsoft aims to make Hololens development kits available in the market for $3000 in the coming months.
Microsoft enters the ever burgeoning virtual reality market with the newly unveiled HoloLens. The tech conglomerate has used augmented technology rather than virtual reality while developing the product. Promotional videos from the company have shown that HoloLens is being used to view emails and documents on walls and can be worked on while the user remains involved with other tasks.
Microsoft has remained hesitant to disclose certain information on its first augmented reality product, the HoloLens. The AR product has been reported to have a very poor battery life unlike Google Glasses. However, the tech giant is working on it to develop the life period of HoloLens batteries.
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