I think he meant no information on hololens. You know ... the actual topic of the thread.
Microsoft HoloLens [Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Holograms]
I think he meant no information on hololens. You know ... the actual topic of the thread.
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True enough and there probably won't be much for a while.
If they are going to launch it in the windows 10 time frame , I would expect to start hearing more as the year goes on. We might see an appearance at gdc or e3 . I would think a launch next year would be likely esp if they are going to use cherry trail
that be very cool
I was thinking that using the hololens with an xbox one equipped with Kinect could be very interesting since the game would be able to see your point of view and the screens point of view.
Also having just tried the scream ride demo , I thought that be interesting also. That could be another cool game that pops out into your world
The war between Microsoft and Google begins, with Google's investment firing the first shot.
http://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-clashes-with-microsoft-over-augmented-reality-health-risks/
http://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-clashes-with-microsoft-over-augmented-reality-health-risks/
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We used to have a great press officer in the Government department I worked in previously, she was absolutely phenomenal. One of the many things she taught me about bad PR was use of the word "believe". It's safe to say almost anything as "I believe" because it's effectually unchallengeable and has been used to defend defamotory statements successfully far too many times. Politicians love "believe" because you can later say you believed something and disproving it, if the "believer" is careful, is impossible.
If Leap had any substantive evidence here they wouldn't be saying "believe" they'd be saying, "we have research" or "we have medical evidence". This kind of PR bullshit annoys me no end.
Sorry, "believe" sets me off. I'm calm now
I am thinking good AR is a much longer-term investment on the RD side, unless MS hands out the design as a "reference" for other manufacturers to build from. (That was a much older MS though, this new MS I can't see doing that). VR is gone wild, GDC is going to be filled to the rafters with devices. Almost to the point where someone needs to develop a "standard" of some type, otherwise (for another topic) I can see X game needing Y device. Console exclusives will have nothing on VR headset exclusives, if you want to play all the games you are going to be poor.
I think Shifty said somewhere, if the shield on the HoloLens could be changed or auto-dim itself I could see this device being able to do both roles. XboxLens has less senors and an included dark shield, Kinect V2 required for full experience. HoloLens is corporate oriented, all sensors contained, multi shield for example. Edit: IMO erm - I believe...
Edit: I need to find our VR thread, as Valve is now rumored to be developing an API for VR.
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It would be interesting if the Magic Lens guy had any kind of medical research background and isn't making a completely lay proposition.
Obviously these effects haven't been studied since these devices aren't out there.
I am skeptical of whether it's a good idea to regularly use HMDs. They were talking about VR in the 90s and one of the reasons development stopped was liability concerns because users became disoriented after VR sessions and could be driving in some impaired state.
Obviously these effects haven't been studied since these devices aren't out there.
I am skeptical of whether it's a good idea to regularly use HMDs. They were talking about VR in the 90s and one of the reasons development stopped was liability concerns because users became disoriented after VR sessions and could be driving in some impaired state.
I think this is likely the one if Hololens were to make an appearance:
11am PST
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, will discuss the future of gaming and the many ways game developers can create innovative game content and experiences for the entire Microsoft ecosystem, including Xbox One and Windows 10 devices.
http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/...he-microsoft-ecosystem-presented-by-microsoft
If not that then this Developing for Windows 10 might be the only other one:
1230PST
http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/developing-games-for-windows-10-presented-by-microsoft
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