Thursday, January 29, 2015

Weekly Tech Post 2/6

Microsoft's Virtual Reality Headset

Microsoft is currently creating a virtual headset, Hololens, which is planned to be released later this year. The Hololens offers a portable holographic experience to its wearer.The Hololens is equipped with depth sensors and microphones to assist in the combining of a virtual and actual reality. So far, the Hololens has been able to recreate Minecraft by using a virtual tool box and voice commands. By crossing over the Hololens technology and Minecraft, Microsoft was able to create a world where characters could sit on coffee tables and castles could be built on a couch. However, the idea of the Hololens is not to put the wearer into a virtual world, but to simulate certain virtual objects being integrated into the real world.

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