HoloLens: The hands on experience

Let’s get this out of the way: Microsoft HoloLens is not exactly a holographic system, but don’t hold that against it. The reality of Microsoft’s surprise augmented reality system is that it is something special, extraordinary even.

It may be the first virtual-reality device to truly blend the virtual and the real in one seamless, head-mounted experience

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Following Microsoft’s ballsy “one more thing” presentation on Wednesday, the company gave me an impressive series of hands-on and up-close experiences with HoloLens

Microsoft banned photos and videos from these demos, so I had to take copious hand-written (!!) notes to keep track. As a result, I have no images or Vines beyond what Microsoft provided in media kits and what I could gather during the original public presentation. Even without images, the allure of this technology is undeniable. Read more...

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