In year 2046, this thing will look as retro as the NES is today. In 30 years progress, the technology of this will be smaller, optimized, and more powerful, meaning AR headsets will be the size of ordinary eye glasses and possibly contact lenses years later. And they will be as mainstream and essential to living in the times as smartphones are today.
30 years later, people would use an upraded version of this thing. But I fear apple will make a low feature crap and call it iLens, and make it look awesome, and thin, and everybody switches to that, and Microsoft remain where they are now. I wish Microsoft dominate this Lens market forever, (like they are doing for the PC Os market).
+Tech User 30 years later we will run off of brain waves and literally track our own thought processes. And give us ads based off of our thoughts.....🤔
+Caleb Bailey Look up the book feed. (Read it too if you want) It seems like the perfect prediction of what our future will probably be like in 40-60 years. Spring break field trips to the moon, computers implanted into our brains from birth, and mass hackings that leave people brain dead, replacing guns with hacking tools. That will likely be our future in 60ish years
+Deeya Kaur actually there are some levels of encryption that are unbreakable. as in your thoughts. your brain is essentially one giant intracate network of electrical impulses. a computer with bianry code. therefore "hacking" through this level of encryption. although other means of infiltration are possible.
I feel like this is the sorta thing you buy, obsessively use for a month, and then allow to gather dust on a shelf for the rest of its life... But maybe that's just me.
i am a developer so i plan to use it for more than just a month, and instead of letting it dust on the shelf i plan for it to give me and others a bright future
+Gaming Verge Not even this could stop Windows 10 spying, as it wont do much of anything. www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/tin-foil-hats-actually-make-it-easier-for-the-government-to-track-your-thoughts/262998/
This is the first time I've heard this. I must say I am disappointed and upset that all the video feeds show a full screen hybrid reality. I believe I'd get annoyed having only a small window of augmented reality.
Man,imagine we've only had computers(Personal Computers at anyrate) for about 40-30 years...image the hundred year anniversary of the first PC. Remember when the first computer ever was a bunch of metal gears or something,or when they had rooms full of them!
Corey Engdahl I was asking if anyone saw what the first ones looked like and remembered those,not even the real one itself just the pictures. I didn't mean Do you remember when you saw the first computer.
+Tammy “TheDreamKeeper” Costello You're absolutely correct. AR and VR need to encompass a 180 degree field of vision and must be imperceptible from our natural abilities before they will become ubiquitous.
+Arjun Sangitrao Not laggy at all. I got to play with one for a few days at Build last week -- you don't notice any lag even if you violently shake your head. FOV is a technical problem cuz the screen it projects the holograms on needs to be completely flat. I'm sure Microsoft or someone else will come up with a better way of projecting the holograms in the future to be able to project it onto a curved surface
+Nolan Blew I think they can do something using the same way the VR headsets do that, for example using the same principles that the fresnel lenses uses
+Metalbird1997 they canceled it, but the reason they did was so that they could begin integrating the technology into contact lenses. They're currently working on it now, and they have been ever since the last bit of info was ever heard, which was like 2 years ago.
No it's completely different. For starters, the 3D is much better. The resolution is also much better for the graphics. The real world itself also looks infinitely better since it is the actual real world, not one seen through a camera. Last but not least hololens actually maps the world around you. 3DS just uses your world as a background for a spherical game.
Great info, big thumbs up. I think VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) are two completely different experiences and aren't competitive. I believe we'll use them in different ways. AR will allow us to interact with our existing environments in amazing ways while VR will allow us to envision completely new environs. I think they're both important and can't wait to see consumer uses for AR.
+Raine Man But what if someone pranked one of those CZcams videos and put a jumpscare in it like one of those horror characters? Closing your eyes wouldn't help because some red color (blood red I might add) would still pass through. A big 'ol box of "nope" for the contact lens version. I'd stick with the glasses/swim-goggles size version, thanks. ;-)
This along with solid works or auto cad for work would be a dream come true. Being able to take a 3D model and look at a virtual 1:1 model and make changes would make work so much easier.
+Bryan Lee Sigh, you must have caught me on one of Oculus® videos, its soon to be a second life after all. VR is gonna make an impact so big like touch screens did. You will understand then lol.
No VR and AR are both revolutionary but they're going to be used for different things. I think VR is better suited for gaming and AR is better for average every day usage
Lezmier Nothing wrong with caring for a company you like, but no this is the first time I've ever met you online hahas. What gave you away was defending Oculus against a jab that only existed in your own.
I can truly see a future for this. What makes this a much more attractive device than VR in its current state is the fact it's a completely untethered experience.
what are the specs and the things that are hollowed up, from 1:01 looks pretty decent, but there where also indication of not that solid an pretty pixelated some of the things being casted up and with an roughness that would make it annoying for general use...
I believe the Meta glasses are better, especially because of their superior Hand tracking, which not only allows natural hand movements that a grandma can figure out but also other peoples hands who are not wearing the glasses to interact, i.e. its good enough to track multiple sets of hands.
Hey, the reason for the pixilation and the bad frame rate or the hololens was simply because they actually had to plug this into a special pc to record this with a screen recorder, where as in a demo by Microsoft they are using specially built cameras that are really expensive to record the use of the device. Also, the device they are using here is a development edition for the general public, where as Microsoft will be using the absolute latest prototype builds. The finished product will be much better than what is seen in this video!
Ultra Styles is right, the processing power required to live record anything on a PC is not negligible and is most likely the reason for the poor quality displayed in this video
+AppleMurphy If you like having to purchase all of your apps through a monopolized, tightly enforced app-store that limits your options, sure thing. But if you like buying any games you want, I think you'll refrain from getting W10 and just stick with Steam for your PC games. UWP is a disaster and even Gabe Newell and the CEO of Epic Games are speaking against it, among others. If you enjoy the freedom of the PC platform, buoycott W10 and fight for your freedom. Windows is becoming iOS 0.5.
+ThatBulgarian Nothing ruins this product. Just like every technology we've ever made, things will get better..... fast. Given that there is really no viable competition on the face of the earth..... this product is golden. The field of view will get better as power efficiency gets better and as micro chips get more powerful. No worries.
+ThatBulgarian Look at the first iphone and the smartphones these days; the first playstation and the gaming console/pc these days. Things get better real quick so chill mann
I understand that they need to set the field of veiw so small so you can see the real world, but they need to make it the enitre lens and then you can adjust it in settings to suit your needs, like say if your house was mostly open and you have a good memory of everything you could make it the full lense and not have to worry about tables or chairs being covered, or if you did have them you could set it to what it is now
+TheDudeofDudes LOL, Apple is a big piece of shit. Waist of money, and fails at every product they make. Apple fanboys are a bunch of nagging pricks too.
Guy with Games..... thousands of developers r uploading demos daily and there r reviews .....it's not really for the average consumer ....and the next generation will be out in q1 of 2019
Guy with Games Yeah I would only purchase this headset if you are a developer for headsets and/or applications. For an average consumer I would wait until the tech gets better in a few years. This is due to the headset having a small field of view and a slower refresh rate than I’d say it should have. But if you can’t wait I highly recommend a VR headset (HTC Vive or Oculus) to get started with different realities.
I have a jeweller's magnifiers that come on a head set quite similar to the head set shown here. It has the annoying habit of sliding forward with the weight of the lens mount. You can as that shown tighten the loop to grip your head but this uncomfortable and also ends up slipping. My solution was to put a metal weight at the back matching the weight of the lens mount . Now it just balances without sliding down on to my nose and does not have to be tight just comfortably snug.
+Jordi Santina This is far from the first version; however, it appears that they have made it work with mobile processors and batteries, rather than tethering it to a massive gaming PC like the Oculus, so the graphics are understandably less intricate.
finally a decent review and not a MS advert mashup. I am curious to know more about 3D modeling capabilities with this. It woudl be great to see an actual tutorial application of how this might work with the proprietary software. Will it plug in to 3D max or Rhino or something like that? Or sketchup?
+Eclectic Jon 101 Actually people said it feels really comfortable compared to previous versions.... but that it still left a mark on your head which naturally happens when you are cutting off blood circulation no matter the head gear.
We need AR in our lives, merging cyberspace with the real world. So much more productive, convenient and immersive. It's a heck of an experience, that's for sure.
+Jamaar DeBoise Yea. Microsoft and pretty much every big tech company expects developers to shape the products they make. So why can't the make products that consumers ACTUALLY would buy? I'm a developer AND a realist. The FOV problem is what for the most part will limit the sales of this product. (And perhaps its price, but that's totally understandable and not something that really can change) No one wants to experience holograms in a small rectangle. I could imagine myself using this (if the quality and color feedback is fine, which I'm told it is) with a mouse and keyboard, then using the hololens as big monitors,or maybe a large TV in the couch watching a movie. I want to do neither of those with a limited FOV. Never
I interested as first but after that full field... i lost it. AR still need a lot more works. I guess VR is gonna be the central piece of this gen since it's affordable and support by almost every major tech companies.
Wow it's bad. Really bad. The graphics and frame rate. If they cant muster out better quality it seems the AR world isn't really going to get far at all. :(
+Anthony Abelardo Just like mobile phones graphics 10 years ago. Give this tech a few years and it will be much greater. Think of mobile phones and all their processing power, screen resolution and overall in functionality in 2006 compared to them in 2016 - A top end smartphone reaches the raw power of an average consumer computer from 2006 while acing it in functionality. I am super excited for AR and VR technologies, the stuff we see today is so basic compared to what we will see in 10 years.
Michael James I agree. Nvidia is releasing a new architecture later this year which is like way higher in scale than their previous generations at time frame segments. The manufacturing and engineering is there but they keep milking and drawing out the money milking machine. The graphic processing engineers probably found out the potential of VR and don't want to keep drawing it out for too long. Say they have the plans for 20 years but then they cut it to 10 and because the demand is so high for VR people will have no problem investing in top-end computing graphic processing capability so they invest as much as smart phones every year or 2 then the actual plans get inflated to 40 years as you could never go too fast in VR because more immersion would exist but the reality is, it will happen.
You know that this is not the final product right? It's still in development. They gave them to devs because they want to see want changes they need to make and how to improve it.
Since I was little I always wanted something like this. Maybe a decade from now they'll figure out how to make it small enough for sunglasses or something
imagine how packed it would be if they made holo lens even better more realistic, and built a huge farmland sized building mapping out entire video games like skyrim, I hope they make something like that while I'm still alive xD
I thought she was going to say you won't hurt yourself running into a wall. I did not expect to hear you won't hurt yourself leaning on a table with it followed by someone trying to lean on a virtual table. That was cute.
its just the recording software they used, the product will differ from this video. Microsoft used special cameras dedicated to recording the hololens, also they are using an old version of the prototype hololens
Understandable, although the actual device on release will not be that expensive. The development edition is more expensive for the time being. It has been confirmed that the actual release price will be far below this price range, and more on par with the surfaces price, so as not to make it look like a luxury item. If you want to see true quality specs with the latest hardware and software, then check out the Microsoft demos which will show the true quality and sleekness of the device. Also, not shown is that there games like Minecraft available on release that will connect to the windows 10 edition and pocket edition, if you are into that kind of thing.
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I see you both wearing a headset, can you "interact" with the same objects? IE if one of you puts an object in the room, can the other person see it? Are they linked somehow to each other?
Also hoping they would greatly improve the FOV over the next few years when the inevitable updates come out, much like how Oculus revolutionized VR with better FOV lenses
What bugs me is that all the footage they use from FPV shows the entire FOV (Field of view) being populated which isn't really what you see. When you use the device IRL only a small square 'like a small TV' is in the middle of your view that has AR stuff rendered then it just gets cut off at the edges, so to see everything you have to constantly be scanning the little box around. I really wish that Microsoft would show this in the demo videos and people that reviewed it would do the same. Everyone that asks me about it always says 'It's so cool because the whole room has stuff floating in it but they don't realize only the small box in front of you does and the rest of your peripheral vision is just the room with no AR and the random things coming into the FOV and leaving the FOV of the box is pretty annoying. If this device had a full FOV like an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive it would be beyond amazing. Also, the image you see isn't fully solid like it shows in the demo videos, you can actually still see through even a solid object (be it only a little bit) so that also takes away from the experience.
I would hope for practical purposes that if you are near your PC while using this, you could make use of the graphics power and cup power of your PC for Hololens to use, rather than a tiny on board computer.
Great video! The only big hickup for consumers is that it still costs $3000 and most people can't afford that. At AVRGE, we try to bring the newest technologies into everyday households. We are building a 20 dollar hololens which uses your smartphone. Anyone here who likes to test it when it's done? We have RAW-video footage on our channel. Remember, this is not a replacement for an hololens, it's just a method to get in touch with Holograms. Just like Google Cardboard: It isn't the same experience as oculus or HTC Vive, but it is a cheap alternative that gives the VR experience.
She is wearing a State of the art gadget & I cant even find a single bit of excitement in her voice.... just because it's not an Apple product. And yet these people are reviewing these products.
It used to be only for developers but anyone can buy it now for 3k. It's not an actual consumer-oriented device but it is definitely commercially available.
I think it has potential if the whole field of view is used and if the graphics were to improve. I would honestly prefer this over a VR headset for day to day activities. VR headsets are great for games and interactive experiences, but the HoloLens would be better for other tasks besides just gaming. Basically, I want to be able to see the world around me for most activities that don't require complete immersion.
Once this technology is perfected down the road (may take a LONG time), just imagine how awesome games would be. An immersive FPS experience would be breathtaking.
Well of course those are more virtual. They're definitely much more refined at the moment but I'm talking about an augmented experience using real locations that you're already in.
+Seth Garrett I think that AR would be cool to expand social activities and "mix a bit" the real world with the virtual world. but Im not really sure about the gaming experience... I think would be better that AR games feel more like a mini-games that a higher experience... (nothing good used to happen when you mix games and real life) Maybe would be good years later, when the society understand and educate their citizens better about this technology, but not today)
Question - how does it do darker than background overlays? I can understand how it adds light but how does it block light? Also does it allow focusing on different points like the magic leap or is it a fix plane like the google glass?
HaloLens Review: -Tutorial - very informative (Also very annoying) -A.I. Voice - should be able to modify the voice to your liking with add-on voices, say for example I wanted to hear Cortana's voice instead or if I got tired of her voice, I could switch it to Quentin Tarantino's voice. That would be a very nice feature. -Typing - you should be able to have a wireless Bluetooth keyboard that can connect to your HaloLens and be used as the keyboard to type with while you continue to look on the screen. tapping at the screen all the time could be really annoying when it comes to typing if it doesn't have that feature well refined. -Speakers - not sure if the speakers are only able to be heard by the user only or if they're speakers that could be heard by everyone around you as well. If so, they should add a feature where you can turn on or off the speakers on the outside for everyone else to here what your listening to in order to keep things more private. They can also add a way for other wireless headphone users to connect to the HaloLens via Bluetooth and a screen should pop up asking you whether or not you want to give them permission to listen to what you are listening to. Also maybe make a noise cancelling version as well to not be disturbed by outside noise say if you're using your HaloLens via Wi-Fi on a plane or a Personal Hotspot while on commute. -Tracking - they should make it possible to use a tracking system while you walk, run, or even while driving make a grid kind of like how the air force uses for their pilots when flying a jet to help you with driving or even backing up or even speed as it connects to the car system via Bluetooth. That would definitely promote more safety. Of course while driving it should turn off the ability to use any other media to keep you focused on the road. That's all the developing ideas I have for it for now.
In year 2046, this thing will look as retro as the NES is today. In 30 years progress, the technology of this will be smaller, optimized, and more powerful, meaning AR headsets will be the size of ordinary eye glasses and possibly contact lenses years later. And they will be as mainstream and essential to living in the times as smartphones are today.
30 years later, people would use an upraded version of this thing. But I fear apple will make a low feature crap and call it iLens, and make it look awesome, and thin, and everybody switches to that, and Microsoft remain where they are now. I wish Microsoft dominate this Lens market forever, (like they are doing for the PC Os market).
+Tech User 30 years later we will run off of brain waves and literally track our own thought processes. And give us ads based off of our thoughts.....🤔
+Caleb Bailey Look up the book feed. (Read it too if you want) It seems like the perfect prediction of what our future will probably be like in 40-60 years. Spring break field trips to the moon, computers implanted into our brains from birth, and mass hackings that leave people brain dead, replacing guns with hacking tools. That will likely be our future in 60ish years
+Deeya Kaur actually there are some levels of encryption that are unbreakable. as in your thoughts. your brain is essentially one giant intracate network of electrical impulses. a computer with bianry code. therefore "hacking" through this level of encryption. although other means of infiltration are possible.
+Deeya Kaur Bitcoins are theorized to be encrypted on the level of bianary code. therefore yes we can encrypt to that level of complexity
The graphics quality and the way in how the user interacts with that game, makes it look as good as the AR Cards games from Nintendo 3DS
***** Correct
Zen Who's deleting them?
Zen I see your comments blocked as spam, and I didn't do it..
The graphics are very good, but it's hard to capture with video.
well at least its something im sure by 2020 to 2026 we will have nerve gear
A holographic app for making holographic apps?! My god woman that's crazy!! Whatever next? Computer software for creating computer software? Hang on..
Yeah its pretty much an engine :D
I make those! I make software in IDE software which generates software :) It could even generate software making software. They are called wizards.
how about quines?)
he was being sarcastic
SirCheatCode YACC YACC YACC
Where's SnoopaVision? I want it back.
+Claudio Lavacca Fat
+PJFF An April Fools joke, but should have been an actual hidden feature or something :)
65 people understood it was sarcasm. You can do it, too. I believe in you.
I feel like this is the sorta thing you buy, obsessively use for a month, and then allow to gather dust on a shelf for the rest of its life... But maybe that's just me.
+Yoffa Gaming I'm such a tech obsessive, that I'd probably use this until the next version came out, then sell it and buy the new one.
Doubt it's for the average consumer.
This is more directed towards scientists, doctors and the like.
NASA is already using it!
i am a developer so i plan to use it for more than just a month, and instead of letting it dust on the shelf i plan for it to give me and others a bright future
***** well then that is great!
ジュリアス lel xD
Glad you guys exposed Microsoft's dishonest ads about the field of view.
So...will i get my own private 2pac concert in my living room?
Imagine the things he can do with you... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
that's only allegedly ;)
Windows 10:
How do you not know they're scanning your brain?
(They're definitely scanning your brain)
+Higgs Boson how does that work
+Trueisfalse IsTrue brainscanner
+Gaming Verge Not even this could stop Windows 10 spying, as it wont do much of anything. www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/tin-foil-hats-actually-make-it-easier-for-the-government-to-track-your-thoughts/262998/
+Higgs Boson I don't have a brain, not too worried.
Don't buy problem solved :)
It might be good but can it run windows 98?
virtualbox port to hollowlens
Can it run Crysis?
XD
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@@DragonFingerDrums ABSOLUTELY NOOOOOT
They really need to stop releasing video with full field of view, it's false advertising
+Vexed Films I mean they talk about that in this very video.
This is the first time I've heard this. I must say I am disappointed and upset that all the video feeds show a full screen hybrid reality. I believe I'd get annoyed having only a small window of augmented reality.
ザカリー・バトラー Yes, I know that.
The footage they are using is what Microsoft gave them and others as press release material. They said that in the video.
+Fabian Leopold eh, I still feel the tech is amazing and I'm looking forward to it advancing. I just wish they could have made it 'full reality.'
Man,imagine we've only had computers(Personal Computers at anyrate) for about 40-30 years...image the hundred year anniversary of the first PC.
Remember when the first computer ever was a bunch of metal gears or something,or when they had rooms full of them!
I wasn't there so I can't remember..
ジュリアス haha hahaah YOU'RE HILARIOUS!
It is pretty funny how he pointed out how stupid your initial statement was. I laughed and so did 10 other people.
Corey Engdahl I was asking if anyone saw what the first ones looked like and remembered those,not even the real one itself just the pictures.
I didn't mean Do you remember when you saw the first computer.
Didn't the first computers software come from mills?
tbh i just want to play pokemon go with it.
if it uses Microsoft app store, it wouldn't have it.
it's costs 3000 $
that's a lot of money man
+Mohamed amine Lemmakni the developer edition. The consumer edition will be cheaper
+A username Yeah definitely
professorchaos wow ur so edgy.
They need to fix the field of view before I will buy one.
Well, us consumers can't get it for a while anyways, so I guess they have time to improve that for us.
+Tammy “TheDreamKeeper” Costello You're absolutely correct. AR and VR need to encompass a 180 degree field of vision and must be imperceptible from our natural abilities before they will become ubiquitous.
+Tammy “TheDreamKeeper” Costello it needs more finishing..too ...its a little laggy
+Arjun Sangitrao Not laggy at all. I got to play with one for a few days at Build last week -- you don't notice any lag even if you violently shake your head.
FOV is a technical problem cuz the screen it projects the holograms on needs to be completely flat. I'm sure Microsoft or someone else will come up with a better way of projecting the holograms in the future to be able to project it onto a curved surface
+Nolan Blew I think they can do something using the same way the VR headsets do that, for example using the same principles that the fresnel lenses uses
Anyone know what happened to Google Glass?I was so hyped for it and now I haven't heard of it for like 2 years.
+Syazril ThobraniGaming Project Aura
Syazril ThobraniGaming They canceled it
+Metalbird1997 they canceled it, but the reason they did was so that they could begin integrating the technology into contact lenses. They're currently working on it now, and they have been ever since the last bit of info was ever heard, which was like 2 years ago.
They didn't cancel it. It just have a new name.
+Natsu Hategplus yeah but it's not google glass anymore they're working on contacts
YU-GI-OH! HERE WE GO !!!!!!
Martino Martino Good joke made me laugh
And SAO
@@shoccoe i thought SAO is more of an VR than AR?
Jon N your right
PRetty cool to play cards with this thing
It's just the 3DS Face Raiders game but strapped to your face.
No it's completely different. For starters, the 3D is much better. The resolution is also much better for the graphics. The real world itself also looks infinitely better since it is the actual real world, not one seen through a camera. Last but not least hololens actually maps the world around you. 3DS just uses your world as a background for a spherical game.
Is this video SnoopaVision friendly :) ?
+Rashid Salim xD
+Rashid Salim rashidoooooooooooooo
No, but it will be in 5.11.2034.
+NUKMUK mine says 2190...
TurtleSpice It changes every time you reload the page
Does it do *SnoopaVision*?
+Mustafa Shakir It isn't made by Google...
+Mustafa Shakir It's 4:20 somewhere
Mustafa Shakir snoopavision is nothing but an april fools day joke that involves Snoop Dogg.
this was uploaded april first, is this video real
yes
+Jeffy's Gaming Channel SML FTW
+lost road? wtf?
Great info, big thumbs up. I think VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) are two completely different experiences and aren't competitive. I believe we'll use them in different ways. AR will allow us to interact with our existing environments in amazing ways while VR will allow us to envision completely new environs. I think they're both important and can't wait to see consumer uses for AR.
No.
@@Shaykh-Waleed-White Yes. And now I've been proven right. So again, yes.
@@RealStuntPanda It must have been extremely weird seeing a comment pop from something you wrote almost a decade ago
@@Shaykh-Waleed-White That's what I thought when I heard, "Hi Dad, I'm your son."
@@RealStuntPanda 😂😂
I can't wait until this becomes contact lenses
Pandabearmadness XD
Pandabearmadness That would be sick. You could just sit in class and watch CZcams and noone would notice.
+Raine Man But what if someone pranked one of those CZcams videos and put a jumpscare in it like one of those horror characters? Closing your eyes wouldn't help because some red color (blood red I might add) would still pass through. A big 'ol box of "nope" for the contact lens version. I'd stick with the glasses/swim-goggles size version, thanks. ;-)
Raine Man But if the teacher looked closely to your eyes, they can see a tiny digital screen lol and they caught you
Pandabearmadness I'll go to school
This is awesome, for 1st Gen it's a very impressive effort.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this project
I know what some people are gonna do when they get their hands on it...you know who you are ;3
Don't do that.
Outside spectators are able to see what you see.
+Katzelle3 hahahah
@@Katzelle3 no. Only users wearing hololens can see it
I get your meaning. Thanks for suggesting xd :)
@@nitinraj2045
No, the projected image is visible from the outside. It's just as awkward as having headphones that leak sound.
The world is literally starting to get close to Sword Art Online
idc if I get trapped im playing itv
if there will be something like sword art online I will definitely die of starvation
how many people are going to relate this to the nerve gear
Evan Marty lol true
omg, i have been wanting something like nerve gear since I watched the first episode and now we're close
the kid fell, lelz
what is "lelz" ?
a retarded version of lol, but I like it.
poor kid.... nobody rushed to pick the kid up....
mss burr yeah they did they just ended the video or clip. You can see them rushing over just before they end the clip.
Kino Uy
This along with solid works or auto cad for work would be a dream come true. Being able to take a 3D model and look at a virtual 1:1 model and make changes would make work so much easier.
2:25 Oh you just did not take a jab at Oculus, thats too high a level for you kid!
+Lezmier It's not a jab, it's just pointing out the fundamental difference between AR and VR.
+Lezmier You seen overly sensitive about anything Oculus...
+Bryan Lee Sigh, you must have caught me on one of Oculus® videos, its soon to be a second life after all. VR is gonna make an impact so big like touch screens did. You will understand then lol.
No VR and AR are both revolutionary but they're going to be used for different things. I think VR is better suited for gaming and AR is better for average every day usage
Lezmier Nothing wrong with caring for a company you like, but no this is the first time I've ever met you online hahas. What gave you away was defending Oculus against a jab that only existed in your own.
I can truly see a future for this. What makes this a much more attractive device than VR in its current state is the fact it's a completely untethered experience.
That game reminds me of that face shooting thing on the 3ds
We have been showcasing this at our Hackstock event. Got the loop space set up and the holo portal worked incredibly well
What about Blue Screen of Death?
+Nirav Hmm ...thats a good question
what are the specs and the things that are hollowed up, from 1:01 looks pretty decent, but there where also indication of not that solid an pretty pixelated some of the things being casted up and with an roughness that would make it annoying for general use...
+Jakob H. it would be very hard to record this stuff.
I believe the Meta glasses are better, especially because of their superior Hand tracking, which not only allows natural hand movements that a grandma can figure out but also other peoples hands who are not wearing the glasses to interact, i.e. its good enough to track multiple sets of hands.
Hey, the reason for the pixilation and the bad frame rate or the hololens was simply because they actually had to plug this into a special pc to record this with a screen recorder, where as in a demo by Microsoft they are using specially built cameras that are really expensive to record the use of the device. Also, the device they are using here is a development edition for the general public, where as Microsoft will be using the absolute latest prototype builds. The finished product will be much better than what is seen in this video!
Ultra Styles is right, the processing power required to live record anything on a PC is not negligible and is most likely the reason for the poor quality displayed in this video
HoloLens, Xbox One also Windows 10. Is the awesome Windows
+AppleMurphy If you like having to purchase all of your apps through a monopolized, tightly enforced app-store that limits your options, sure thing. But if you like buying any games you want, I think you'll refrain from getting W10 and just stick with Steam for your PC games. UWP is a disaster and even Gabe Newell and the CEO of Epic Games are speaking against it, among others.
If you enjoy the freedom of the PC platform, buoycott W10 and fight for your freedom. Windows is becoming iOS 0.5.
The actual fov is what ruins this product
+ThatBulgarian Nothing ruins this product. Just like every technology we've ever made, things will get better..... fast. Given that there is really no viable competition on the face of the earth..... this product is golden. The field of view will get better as power efficiency gets better and as micro chips get more powerful. No worries.
+ThatBulgarian Look at the first iphone and the smartphones these days; the first playstation and the gaming console/pc these days. Things get better real quick so chill mann
its still pretty damn useful and impressive regardless of that fov. revolutionary some would say.
+ThatBulgarian Yes, I agree! If the FOV took up the entire length and width of the goggles, it would be WAY better!
you already try Hololens?
I fucking hate april fools. It just fucks everything I watch for a day
I understand that they need to set the field of veiw so small so you can see the real world, but they need to make it the enitre lens and then you can adjust it in settings to suit your needs, like say if your house was mostly open and you have a good memory of everything you could make it the full lense and not have to worry about tables or chairs being covered, or if you did have them you could set it to what it is now
This is literally something our of science fiction.
make these into contact lenses or normal sized glasses and im sold.
it will be a while before they can make into just a normal pair of glasses, let along contact lenses....but it'll be awesome when it does happen
This literally looks shit in terns if graphics totally different than what they show in their preview of it
+Saeed Khan it also looks like crap HERE compared to everyone else who has similar videos from the same event. Take that how you will.
Saeed Khan they are upgrading it
This could be a game changer for engineering and classroom science. I’ve tried this device many times and I’m a big fan.
If this was made by Apple: "omg, best thing evaaar!"
If apple made it, it would have sucked.
+TheDudeofDudes LOL, Apple is a big piece of shit. Waist of money, and fails at every product they make. Apple fanboys are a bunch of nagging pricks too.
+Bryce Fountain I couldn't have said it better myself
+Bryce Fountain yup you just about covered it all
+Subline Records Indeed
This is just the first of it's type. In five years this will be awesome.
Imagine when it crashes.
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It would probably act like steamVR and everything except your room would just fade out if it does crash
ouch
2:15 you're right nilay that IS crazy
For 3k this is not going to be a consumer product for years
+New Boss Media they say it's gonna be much much cheaper when they release it to the market
+New Boss Media it's 3k for developer kit. The actual device itself will be way cheaper when released to the masses.
+Anthony White : this is microsoft yer talking about. cheap isn't in there vocabulary.
+clamo6362 nah, that's Apple.
+clamo6362 you mean apple. Microsoft products are affordable to more masses than apple
I can't wait for this to come out. Excited to code with this and use this on projects and designing new circuitry.
The field of view is a problem.
Yeah! I tried it some time ago and i was super pumped up, but alas.. what a letdown.
PresidentialWinner i was considering getting one. I hope you wouldnt mind spending some time to tell me what to expect?
Guy with Games..... thousands of developers r uploading demos daily and there r reviews .....it's not really for the average consumer ....and the next generation will be out in q1 of 2019
Guy with Games Yeah I would only purchase this headset if you are a developer for headsets and/or applications. For an average consumer I would wait until the tech gets better in a few years. This is due to the headset having a small field of view and a slower refresh rate than I’d say it should have. But if you can’t wait I highly recommend a VR headset (HTC Vive or Oculus) to get started with different realities.
+Aging Reversed What do u mean ?
I have a jeweller's magnifiers that come on a head set quite similar to the head set shown here. It has the annoying habit of sliding forward with the weight of the lens mount. You can as that shown tighten the loop to grip your head but this uncomfortable and also ends up slipping.
My solution was to put a metal weight at the back matching the weight of the lens mount . Now it just balances without sliding down on to my nose and does not have to be tight just comfortably snug.
Please don't tell me that it's April fools joke because it post on April 1st
No it's not, it's all over the news and CZcams videos, but that's just coincidence that it was posted on that day.
I just put one of these on and tried it and it was awesome. Complete game changer.
windows 10 spying on an all new level... but i still want it
Wow…we have certainly come a long way from the early days of computing and visual interfaces…amazing to be around to see this stuff come to life.
How does the guy on other side of skype see u??
he sees what the wearer is looking at via the cameras on the front
PsychoTech ARMS each person sees what the other is looking at
You should also add a option to make the view bigger because older people or people with sight problems can see it better
field of view was really disappointing 3.00
This will be the best V. Reality headset once things get rolling... for many reasons, especially its engineering design.
graphic is not really good !
I agree , the graphics are indeed poor on this device.
Nguyen Manh I think it is because. they are recording with the decice itself
+Nguyen Manh Well, it's the very first version. Like the Oculus DK1, it pretty much sucks. Give it time. XD
+Nguyen Manh they are recording, which halves the fps to 30 from 60 and disables things like anti-aliasing. hence the black and edgy edges.
+Jordi Santina This is far from the first version; however, it appears that they have made it work with mobile processors and batteries, rather than tethering it to a massive gaming PC like the Oculus, so the graphics are understandably less intricate.
finally a decent review and not a MS advert mashup. I am curious to know more about 3D modeling capabilities with this. It woudl be great to see an actual tutorial application of how this might work with the proprietary software. Will it plug in to 3D max or Rhino or something like that? Or sketchup?
Wow, the red mark it left across that guys forehead. That's got to be unpleasant to wear.
+Eclectic Jon 101 Actually people said it feels really comfortable compared to previous versions.... but that it still left a mark on your head which naturally happens when you are cutting off blood circulation no matter the head gear.
It's a wonderful start! :) Hope to see better and better applications of this from different companies
Anyone else notice April 1st?
just me? ok
We need AR in our lives, merging cyberspace with the real world. So much more productive, convenient and immersive. It's a heck of an experience, that's for sure.
Love the idea. Hate the implementation. Not as cool as I thought.
+Jamaar DeBoise Yea. Microsoft and pretty much every big tech company expects developers to shape the products they make. So why can't the make products that consumers ACTUALLY would buy? I'm a developer AND a realist. The FOV problem is what for the most part will limit the sales of this product. (And perhaps its price, but that's totally understandable and not something that really can change) No one wants to experience holograms in a small rectangle. I could imagine myself using this (if the quality and color feedback is fine, which I'm told it is) with a mouse and keyboard, then using the hololens as big monitors,or maybe a large TV in the couch watching a movie. I want to do neither of those with a limited FOV. Never
Agreed, but it is the dev version, which are always kind of shit
I interested as first but after that full field... i lost it. AR still need a lot more works.
I guess VR is gonna be the central piece of this gen since it's affordable and support by almost every major tech companies.
I'd rather just take some acid
+Jace Hendricks hmmm......
No ones stopping you
Sylvester Huknhiem (don't actually do it)
The music you used seems like a nod to Adrian Younge's production on 'Bilal - Sirens II'
meh, in short, we still need better technology for this to actually works
They have the technology but, it would be ridiculously expensive. It's $600 as of now.
Ssuperbom well thats what I mean, we need better technology to limit down the cost of making it
I'm pretty sure that NASA scientists are actually using this technology for exploring Mars.
Hopefully they will increase the feild of view on the official release
Wow it's bad. Really bad. The graphics and frame rate. If they cant muster out better quality it seems the AR world isn't really going to get far at all. :(
+Anthony Abelardo Just like mobile phones graphics 10 years ago. Give this tech a few years and it will be much greater. Think of mobile phones and all their processing power, screen resolution and overall in functionality in 2006 compared to them in 2016 - A top end smartphone reaches the raw power of an average consumer computer from 2006 while acing it in functionality.
I am super excited for AR and VR technologies, the stuff we see today is so basic compared to what we will see in 10 years.
Michael James I agree. Nvidia is releasing a new architecture later this year which is like way higher in scale than their previous generations at time frame segments.
The manufacturing and engineering is there but they keep milking and drawing out the money milking machine. The graphic processing engineers probably found out the potential of VR and don't want to keep drawing it out for too long. Say they have the plans for 20 years but then they cut it to 10 and because the demand is so high for VR people will have no problem investing in top-end computing graphic processing capability so they invest as much as smart phones every year or 2 then the actual plans get inflated to 40 years as you could never go too fast in VR because more immersion would exist but the reality is, it will happen.
You know that this is not the final product right? It's still in development. They gave them to devs because they want to see want changes they need to make and how to improve it.
+richard farat what*
the graphics are better than portrayed in this video, the framerate seems low because the video is in 30fps. In reality the framerate is really fluent
Since I was little I always wanted something like this. Maybe a decade from now they'll figure out how to make it small enough for sunglasses or something
Lemme guess........$50,000,000,000,000,000?
+that guy 3000
+SkyZombieStyle at the Microsoft HQ it was 5000 and I live right across the street
imagine how packed it would be if they made holo lens even better more realistic, and built a huge farmland sized building mapping out entire video games like skyrim, I hope they make something like that while I'm still alive xD
Am I the only one who finds these kinda.....creepy?
Yes
+Julio De La Torre yes x2
No
+Julio De La Torre yes
+Julio De La Torre Having a hackable device with a camera on your head at all times, tnx but ill pass...
Looks pretty cool futuristic
Make a naruto app so i can make a chidory
I thought she was going to say you won't hurt yourself running into a wall. I did not expect to hear you won't hurt yourself leaning on a table with it followed by someone trying to lean on a virtual table. That was cute.
really shitty graphics in there
It's still in like alpha so hopefully it gets better
its just very jittery. but their meta2 sdk is rolling out to developers in q3 so maybe theres hope
its just the recording software they used, the product will differ from this video. Microsoft used special cameras dedicated to recording the hololens, also they are using an old version of the prototype hololens
if thats true then this will be rather excitiing. sorry for my shitty attitude. I just expect a ~$1000 machine to perform better.
Understandable, although the actual device on release will not be that expensive. The development edition is more expensive for the time being. It has been confirmed that the actual release price will be far below this price range, and more on par with the surfaces price, so as not to make it look like a luxury item. If you want to see true quality specs with the latest hardware and software, then check out the Microsoft demos which will show the true quality and sleekness of the device. Also, not shown is that there games like Minecraft available on release that will connect to the windows 10 edition and pocket edition, if you are into that kind of thing.
I see you both wearing a headset, can you "interact" with the same objects? IE if one of you puts an object in the room, can the other person see it? Are they linked somehow to each other?
the evolution of this thing will be fun to watch....because you know in a few years it will look like a normal pair of glasses
Also hoping they would greatly improve the FOV over the next few years when the inevitable updates come out, much like how Oculus revolutionized VR with better FOV lenses
Very cool. Still not convinced how it translates to a mass consumer market ... something that would make my life easier.
One of the biggest surprises to me in this video is that Nilay didn't know who Tom was.
how you wear it like a hat and a pair of glasses is kinda nice
OMG. This technology is closer Sword Art Online. I can't wait 3 years
What bugs me is that all the footage they use from FPV shows the entire FOV (Field of view) being populated which isn't really what you see. When you use the device IRL only a small square 'like a small TV' is in the middle of your view that has AR stuff rendered then it just gets cut off at the edges, so to see everything you have to constantly be scanning the little box around. I really wish that Microsoft would show this in the demo videos and people that reviewed it would do the same. Everyone that asks me about it always says 'It's so cool because the whole room has stuff floating in it but they don't realize only the small box in front of you does and the rest of your peripheral vision is just the room with no AR and the random things coming into the FOV and leaving the FOV of the box is pretty annoying. If this device had a full FOV like an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive it would be beyond amazing. Also, the image you see isn't fully solid like it shows in the demo videos, you can actually still see through even a solid object (be it only a little bit) so that also takes away from the experience.
O.k, Where is it now, and is the cost of it went down? I really want it to play with it in public.
I would hope for practical purposes that if you are near your PC while using this, you could make use of the graphics power and cup power of your PC for Hololens to use, rather than a tiny on board computer.
Great video! The only big hickup for consumers is that it still costs $3000 and most people can't afford that. At AVRGE, we try to bring the newest technologies into everyday households. We are building a 20 dollar hololens which uses your smartphone. Anyone here who likes to test it when it's done? We have RAW-video footage on our channel. Remember, this is not a replacement for an hololens, it's just a method to get in touch with Holograms. Just like Google Cardboard: It isn't the same experience as oculus or HTC Vive, but it is a cheap alternative that gives the VR experience.
Shut up please.
Also, is there a prescription option, or does it fit over one's glasses? Or does it completely disregard the visually impaired?
She is wearing a State of the art gadget & I cant even find a single bit of excitement in her voice.... just because it's not an Apple product. And yet these people are reviewing these products.
I doubt these will be commercially available anytime soon but this product has potential.
It used to be only for developers but anyone can buy it now for 3k. It's not an actual consumer-oriented device but it is definitely commercially available.
Ok, thanks.
The FOV can be an issue(For me at least) I find it pretty ugly having a limited view for something that costs over 3 grand.
Does the display crash too? Like it does on regular windows 10? If so how does that feel?
At least there isn't a spinning rainbow cause it froze opening a new tab. Ah the 90s. I'm sorry I had to.
I think it has potential if the whole field of view is used and if the graphics were to improve. I would honestly prefer this over a VR headset for day to day activities. VR headsets are great for games and interactive experiences, but the HoloLens would be better for other tasks besides just gaming. Basically, I want to be able to see the world around me for most activities that don't require complete immersion.
I can see allot of people falling down the stairs because they are watching a video or e mailing. It already happens with phones
Once this technology is perfected down the road (may take a LONG time), just imagine how awesome games would be. An immersive FPS experience would be breathtaking.
-Oculus rift.
-HTC vive
Well of course those are more virtual. They're definitely much more refined at the moment but I'm talking about an augmented experience using real locations that you're already in.
+Seth Garrett I think that AR would be cool to expand social activities and "mix a bit" the real world with the virtual world. but Im not really sure about the gaming experience... I think would be better that AR games feel more like a mini-games that a higher experience...
(nothing good used to happen when you mix games and real life) Maybe would be good years later, when the society understand and educate their citizens better about this technology, but not today)
Question - how does it do darker than background overlays? I can understand how it adds light but how does it block light? Also does it allow focusing on different points like the magic leap or is it a fix plane like the google glass?
Any idea how this feels wearing the HoleLens 2 all day? Comfortable or uncomfortable? Too heavy? Or are they good to wear?
HaloLens Review:
-Tutorial - very informative (Also very annoying)
-A.I. Voice - should be able to modify the voice to your liking with add-on voices, say for example I wanted to hear Cortana's voice instead or if I got tired of her voice, I could switch it to Quentin Tarantino's voice. That would be a very nice feature.
-Typing - you should be able to have a wireless Bluetooth keyboard that can connect to your HaloLens and be used as the keyboard to type with while you continue to look on the screen. tapping at the screen all the time could be really annoying when it comes to typing if it doesn't have that feature well refined.
-Speakers - not sure if the speakers are only able to be heard by the user only or if they're speakers that could be heard by everyone around you as well. If so, they should add a feature where you can turn on or off the speakers on the outside for everyone else to here what your listening to in order to keep things more private. They can also add a way for other wireless headphone users to connect to the HaloLens via Bluetooth and a screen should pop up asking you whether or not you want to give them permission to listen to what you are listening to. Also maybe make a noise cancelling version as well to not be disturbed by outside noise say if you're using your HaloLens via Wi-Fi on a plane or a Personal Hotspot while on commute.
-Tracking - they should make it possible to use a tracking system while you walk, run, or even while driving make a grid kind of like how the air force uses for their pilots when flying a jet to help you with driving or even backing up or even speed as it connects to the car system via Bluetooth. That would definitely promote more safety. Of course while driving it should turn off the ability to use any other media to keep you focused on the road.
That's all the developing ideas I have for it for now.
Where is the source regarding the FOV not changing for consumers? Is this a MS quote?