Microsoft HoloLens !

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Splatulated wrote on 2015-01-22 03:18

[video=youtube;QRQv74J7oSk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRQv74J7oSk[/video]

probably wont be as cool as it is in the video
Yoorah wrote on 2015-01-22 03:28

AR is pretty cool even with older hardware. Microsoft research do some pretty cool cutting edge projects, so I wouldn't be surprised if this technology turned out to be pretty awesome for real.
Chiyuri wrote on 2015-01-22 23:33

who wanna bet they bought minecraft only so they could put it in this trailer...
Yoorah wrote on 2015-01-22 23:36

[Image: http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microsoft-HoloLens-RGB.png]

They have working prototypes and they actually work as well as in the demo video.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/hands-on-with-hololens-making-the-virtual-real/
Splatulated wrote on 2015-01-23 00:44

Quote from Chiyuri;1262540:
who wanna bet they bought minecraft only so they could put it in this trailer...

wouldnt surprise me look what they did to RARE
Osayidan wrote on 2015-01-23 01:49

Quote from Yoorah;1262541:
[Image: http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Microsoft-HoloLens-RGB.png]

They have working prototypes and they actually work as well as in the demo video.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/hands-on-with-hololens-making-the-virtual-real/

I'm surprised it's actually that good. I guess it's one step toward making this video not be full of bullshit:
[video=youtube;T3jIKKiZ_18]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3jIKKiZ_18[/video]
Maenad wrote on 2015-01-25 21:17

Quote from Chiyuri;1262540:
who wanna bet they bought minecraft only so they could put it in this trailer...

At 2.5 billion, the puts the budget of this 2 minute trailer at over six times that of the most expensive movie ever made, Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides.

Yeah no.