Earlier this week, Microsoft used its MWC press conference to announce the next version of its HoloLens mixed reality visor. When it demoed the first version back in 2015, quite a few pundits assumed that the company had somehow faked the demos because this kind of real-time tracking and gesture recognition, combined with a relatively […]
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Hands-on with Microsoft’s new HoloLens 2
Earlier this week, Microsoft used its MWC press conference to announce the next version of its HoloLens mixed reality visor. When it demoed the first version back in 2015, quite a few pundits assumed that the company had somehow faked the demos because this kind of real-time tracking and gesture recognition, combined with a relatively […]
View More Hands-on with Microsoft’s new HoloLens 2Microsoft says it has democratic responsibility to accept lucrative military contract
Microsoft agreed to take hundreds of millions of dollars to help soldiers kill — but don’t worry, the company’s CEO says it’s for the sake of democracy.
On Monday at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Nadella told CNN Business that Microsoft would continue developing HoloLens augmented reality (AR) technology for the U.S. military, despite employee protests. He couched the decision in terms of his corporation’s duty to support the government.
“We made a principled decision that we’re not going to withhold technology from institutions that we have elected in democracies to protect the freedoms we enjoy,” Nadella told CNN Business. Read more…
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View More Microsoft says it has democratic responsibility to accept lucrative military contractDaily Crunch: Microsoft unveils the HoloLens 2
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Say hello to Microsoft’s new $3,500 HoloLens with twice the field of view Microsoft has unveiled the latest version of its […]
View More Daily Crunch: Microsoft unveils the HoloLens 2Microsoft promises an open HoloLens ecosystem
At its MWC keynote in Barcelona today, Microsoft promised to keep the HoloLens ecosystem open. That means third-party app stores and browsers, for example, with Mozilla already announcing its Firefox browser for HoloLens today. “Developers will have the freedom to create their own stares as first-class citizens,” Microsoft’s HoloLens chief Alex Kipman said today and […]
View More Microsoft promises an open HoloLens ecosystemUnreal Engine 4 support is coming to HoloLens 2
Microsoft closed out today’s big HoloLens 2 debut with a surprise appearance by Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney. The gaming exec was clearly impressed by the technology’s future for both developement and consumer augmented reality. “I believe that AR is going to be the primary platform of the future for both work and entertainment,” he […]
View More Unreal Engine 4 support is coming to HoloLens 2Microsoft Hololens 2 ushers in the next generation of augmented reality
Mobile World Congress is primarily a show for new phone announcements, but Microsoft used the show to unveil its brand new HoloLens 2.
The new augmented reality headset is sleeker-looking, more comfortable, and more powerful than the previous generation that debuted in 2016. But most importantly, HoloLens 2 has a much wider field of view (FOV) — more than double the FOV of the original HoloLens — to enable more immersive mixed reality experiences.
Without a doubt, the extremely limited FOV was the HoloLens’ biggest weakness. And it looks like Microsoft’s listened to all of our complaints. Read more…
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View More Microsoft Hololens 2 ushers in the next generation of augmented realityWatch Microsoft unveil the HoloLens 2 live right here
Microsoft is set to announce a brand new hardware device at MWC in Barcelona — the new HoloLens headset. The conference starts at 6:00 PM CET (5:00 AM GMT, 12:00 PM ET, 9:00 AM PT). If you’ve ever tried the HoloLens, you know that this it is a magical device. But Microsoft quickly realized that it […]
View More Watch Microsoft unveil the HoloLens 2 live right hereSay hello to Microsoft’s new HoloLens with twice the field of view
Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its HoloLens ‘mixed reality’ headset at MWC Barcelona today. The new HoloLens 2 features a significantly larger field of view, higher resolution and a device that’s more comfortable to wear. Indeed, Microsoft says the device is three times as comfortable to wear (though it’s unclear how Microsoft measured this). […]
View More Say hello to Microsoft’s new HoloLens with twice the field of viewMicrosoft workers push back against using HoloLens for U.S. military training
Some Microsoft employees feel the company’s business entanglements with the U.S. military aren’t OK, and they want the bosses to know about it.
An open letter to CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith from Microsoft Workers 4 Good makes…
Microsoft bringing Dynamics 365 mixed reality solutions to smartphones
Last year Microsoft introduced several mixed reality business solutions under the Dynamics 365 enterprise product umbrella. Today, the company announced it would be moving these to smartphones in the spring, starting with previews. The company announced Remote Assist on HoloLens last year. This tool allows a technician working onsite to show a remote expert what […]
View More Microsoft bringing Dynamics 365 mixed reality solutions to smartphonesMicrosoft video teases HoloLens 2 ahead of MWC launch
One of Mobile World Congress’s most anticipated reveals isn’t a phone at all. Microsoft is expected to announce the next generation HoloLens headset at an already-announced event on February 24, and the company’s doing a bit more to stoke the flames. Granted, there’s really not much to see in this new teaser. Vague forms of […]
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