The augmented reality headset realm is quietly paving its way these days. As Microsoft introduces its own augmented reality device, the HoloLens, a lot of speculations about it are already circulating around the Internet.
During the Salesforce's Dreamforce customer conference, Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, said that the HoloLens will be a five-year project. The slow roll out of the augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) will bring an opportunity to test it before making a big push into the consumer space.
Recently, the HoloLens made a live appearance at the Unite Boston 2015 conference dedicated to the Unity cross-platform game engine. Pete Moss, the lead engineer at Unity Technologies, demonstrated some of its gaming capabilities. He said that "The beauty of the HoloLens is that I can wear the device and work on the computer at the same time."
The HoloLens is one of Microsoft's innovations that excite people because of its incredible demonstrations and groundbreaking features. This HMD has the ability to impose interactive digital images on top of the real world, while still being able to see what is going on around.
As previously reported by VCPost, it sports a set of twin lenses, all-in-one headband, and an impressive sleek design. Moreover, it includes two rings that cover the head. The outer ring is said to contain all the hardware that runs the device, while the inner ring can be adjusted to the user's head.
In addition, the HoloLens features three processors, CPU, GPU, and HPU. The most notable one is the Holographic Processing Unit that handles all data that comes from the sensors of the HMD. Its advanced sensors and head tracking cameras allow it to understand where the user's head is. These sensors track the user's movement within the environment.
Meanwhile, virtual reality is truly making it big in the next few years. As 2016 comes, companies like Sony, HTC, and Oculus VR are expected to release each of their virtual reality headset. Nonetheless, this new technology will be widely accepted by consumers, as long as price and quality are considered.
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