Microsoft Leaks New HoloLens Details (mashable.com) 71
New submitter moriarty1972 writes: More details about Microsoft's HoloLens have come out. The device will offer roughly five to five and a half hours of battery life when working on Word documents or email, and about two and a half hours when using it for highly intensive computational work involving detailed renderings. Mashable reports: "Microsoft's augmented reality headset called the HoloLens has already won over a number of fans eager to try the device, but details about how it works have been scarce However, a few more bits of information about the HoloLens leaked during a recent event in Tel Aviv, Israel, courtesy of Bruce Harris, a technical evangelist at Microsoft."
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Is it really a leak if Microsoft PR sends the details to be released out, just with the caveat "you didn't get this from us"?
Cool tech (Score:1, Informative)
But MS puts spyware in everything. Won't buy.
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It's called broken shit, is what it is (Score:1)
Go ahead and mod this rant off topic, I'm out of shits to give today. I had to spend 20 minutes writing this out to burn off the rage I built up so I could go back to what I was doing before I had to spend an hour on the phone helping my mother (who I love dearly and can not rage at). And then I had to find a slashdot article so I could post this where it would be at least tangentially related to whatever was being discussed so that everyone else can witness what complete and utter fail Microsoft has beco
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A postage stamp directly in front of your eye would have an apparent size that is several times larger than an 85" TV at any typical viewing distance.
But we STILL haven't seen how it actually looks (Score:4, Interesting)
All these glossy demos, but still no-one's stuck a camera in it to show us what it actually looks like from the inside.
Re:But we STILL haven't seen how it actually looks (Score:5, Informative)
They have, and it's kind of lame compared to the concept videos they show. It only grants you a tiny FOV which you're supposed to work within, which is far from the fully immersive world that they showcase in the concept videos.
Re: But we STILL haven't seen how it actually look (Score:4, Informative)
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Re: But we STILL haven't seen how it actually look (Score:2)
Have you tried YouTube? They actually did this at a conference with minecraft
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I see videos of solid 3D models composited onto a live camera view using similar technology, but what I have yet to see is what it actually looks like to a human wearing the thing - i.e., according to accounts I've read, transparent and occupying only a small area of your field of view.
Most accurate article title ever. (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm wouldn't be surprised if it was a fake "leak" orchestrated by Microsoft deliberately.
People talking about the Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard and they gotta do something to make themselves look relevant still.
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I'm wouldn't be surprised if it was a fake "leak" orchestrated by Microsoft deliberately.
This post is currently at +4 Insightful.
The information was released by Microsoft. As is stated quite plainly in the summary.
Re:Most accurate article title ever. (Score:5, Insightful)
The point is that "leak" is misleading. If it's MS informing us about one of their products, then it's not a "leak".
late again? (Score:1)
aren't they just jumping on the vr headset bandwagon with too little (vaporware) too late?
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Sadly they are going the wrong direction. (Score:2)
Xbox TWO should use a VR headset and have some spatial sensing using the kenect as well. That way they can force the next purchase of video game console easily.
I love playing games like Rainbow 6, but If I could have it VR and hold a plastic rifle in my hands to aim/shoot with? oh hell yeah I would drop 2X Xbox One money and $80 per game to do that.
Or Play forza from a real VR view? oh hell yeah.
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I just wish they would turn on support for 3D tv sets in forza.
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Just thought you might be interested in that
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Well, this one works with both eyes, so twice the cost!
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What would the use case for a word processor or spreadsheet be?
I really can't see how, no pun intended, having augmented reality is going to help me write an email.
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not leaked, released (Score:5, Insightful)
the information was released by Microsoft, not leaked.
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The correct term is that they are drip-feeding information to us. It is a purposeful release of details in small, manageable fashion.
This is the same marketing technique that worked so disastrously for the Xbox One launch, where they held back information to (presumably) try to steer the public discussion away from the more controversial features (eg. the forced online requirements), but which only resulted in us filling in the blanks with rampant speculation.
They could be using this technique this time to
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You are wrong. They did not release all the information at one time. What they did say at launch was very vague and incomplete. In fact, they were heavily criticised at the launch for concentrating on the entertainment center features rather than talking about it as a games machine. The gory details that people wanted to know about was simply glossed over or completely ignored, like having to be always online for DRM verses connecting periodically or whether games reselling would be allowed.
The big problem
"Leaks" (Score:2)
Leaks
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Doesn't that just make it a... (Score:2)
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Pass the joint round, dude, you're sucking back too much!
anyone know how dark they are to look through? (Score:3)
The pic in the link makes them look like medium tinted sunglasses. I wouldn't want to look though that for any long period of time. Augmented reality that makes reality dim kind of sucks. I'd rather smoke a joint and drink a six pack and call it a day.
$3000 unless something changed as far as I know it was $3000 and only approved devs that had access to the device. "Go to the Manhattan store and buy yours" this is the first I've heard of it, and last I heard of it was ~ last week.
Finally what the heck is the point of listing the word document battery life? Do people really think that their companies SWOT analysis doc is going to be improved by holographic projection?
Uh, not much of a leak (Score:2)
Microsoft told me this during the public demos they gave out a few months back. This isn't secret information.
BTW it's awesome and really works--it has a low FOV, but you kind of forget about it. One question I couldn't get answered....is it running Windows RT? It's the only way I figure they can get that much battery life out of Windows on a chipset that fits in a headset.
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Probably not RT, since that was discontinued, but quite possibly Win10 IoT [zdnet.com].
5.5 hours is handy (Score:2)
Why would you use it in Word or for Email? (Score:2)
What exactly does it do in those scenarios? I don't know why you would even want to do that.