Craeftig on 4/1/2018 at 21:35
Quote Posted by Tocky
Pretty cool. Those computers you see in movies where they touch thin air can't be far behind. I liked the Google glasses too. That should have caught on.
Free floating holograms of the type you see in Back to the Future are firmly in the realm of science fiction unfortunately. The holograms you see of Tupac on stage actually use an old mirror trick called Pepper's Ghost.
[video=youtube;HgFhZZ7emg4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgFhZZ7emg4[/video]
ZylonBane on 24/2/2019 at 20:09
Still looks like a solution in search of a problem.
Nicker on 24/2/2019 at 20:50
Exactly, ZB. I mean, who needs their own personal computer right in their home?
Pyrian on 24/2/2019 at 21:10
Why is AR so danged expensive, anyway?
henke on 25/2/2019 at 06:48
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Still looks like a solution in search of a problem.
You're not wrong. I've had a Hololens sitting on my workdesk for a couple years now, and besides the session I mentioned in the top post of this page, I've barely messed around with it just for fun. It's still too clunky and unweildy to be enjoyable to use. When it comes to gaming and entertainment, VR is currently far ahead of AR.
This thing is more intended for industrial usage, Remote Assisstance, etc. Tho even there I'm not certain it's quite functional that any major company has actually implemented it in their work process yet. A lot of people are trying tho. Even the US military wants to use it for some Crysis shit, and MS workers aren't happy about it.
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Dozens of Microsoft employees have signed a letter protesting the company's $480 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with augmented-reality headsets intended for use on the battlefield.
Under the terms of the deal, the headsets, which place holographic images into the wearer's field of vision, would be adapted to “increase lethality” by “enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy,” according to a government description of the project. Microsoft was awarded the contract in November.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/we-did-not-sign-develop-weapons-microsoft-workers-protest-480m-n974761)