HoloLens, Microsoft’s $3,000 mixed-reality goggles (or “the world’s first self-contained holographic computer” in Microsoft’s parlance), was only available in the U.S. and Canada so far. Today, however, the company announced that it will also start selling the devices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Preorders start today… Read MoreHoloLens
HoloLens, Microsoft’s $3,000 mixed-reality goggles (or “the world’s first self-contained holographic computer” in Microsoft’s parlance), was only available in the U.S. and Canada so far. Today, however, the company announced that it will also start selling the devices in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Preorders start today… Read More
One of the several things that makes brain surgery so difficult is that the brain isn’t transparent. So if you want to get at something deep inside, you either have to peel off a few layers or make an educated guess based on other imagery. But augmented reality may offer a third way. Read MoreDuke neurosurgeons test Hololens as an AR assist on tricky ...
Snapchat selfie lenses and Pokemon Go, not Magic Leap and HoloLens. Smartphones are how Mark Zuckerberg sees augmented reality going mainstream, rather than potentially awkward headsets and glasses. That’s an important clue to how Facebook will adapt to this next computing platform. Yesterday on the call after Facebook’s sensational Q2 earnings report, Zuckerberg fielded what… Read MoreZuck says augmented reality will flourish on phones before glasses
It’s just about impossible to get your hands on Microsoft’s impressive mixed-reality Hololens platform these days — unless you’re a computer science student at the University of Washington. Then you get to play with them whenever you want. Read MoreStudents demonstrate their Hololens apps after a quarter of VR ...
In a keynote presentation at Computex in Taipei and a couple blog posts today, Microsoft doubled down on the mixed reality efforts spearheaded by Hololens – Windows 10, the company aims to show, is place to be when it comes to mixed reality. Read MoreMicrosoft doubles down on VR and AR, positioning Windows 10 ...
The battle between headsets you strap to your heads is being brought to a rolling boil this week, as Microsoft’s HoloLens Dev Kit and Oculus Rift both start shipping to customers. Being a lover of cutting-edge tech, you’d expect I’d be in lust with both technologies, but no. HoloLens did something to me that Oculus never managed: It made me think I was leaping into the… Read MoreSorry, Oculus, but HoloLens gets my money
Stream live video from the Microsoft Build conference today in San Francisco. We're expecting updates on Windows 10, Hololens, Xbox, and Microsoft services. The post Watch Live: Microsoft's Build Keynote appeared first on WIRED.
Watch Live: Microsoft’s Build Keynote
The pricey holographic headset will ship to developers on March 30, and plenty of details have emerged about the HoloLens hardware. The post Developers Can Pre-Order Microsoft's HoloLens Today for $3,000 appeared first on WIRED.
Developers Can Pre-Order Microsoft’s HoloLens Today for $3,000
When Microsoft first announced HoloLens, its mixed-reality hardware platform, many of us assumed it was little more than a cool demo that was meant to stir up excitement for the company. But it was clearly more than that and starting today, Micro...
Microsoft Launches Pre-Orders For $3,000 HoloLens Development Kit, Will Start ...
With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail. Facebook Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR (powered by Oculus), Google Cardboard and its Magic Leap investment (and perhaps even Google Glass’ second coming), Sony PlayStation VR and Microsoft HoloLens are public. And the eventual entry of Apple… Read More