supernormal
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When science fiction becomes reality.
Microsoft //build/ 2015 |OT| Write Once
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BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
lmao...why they even attend any of MS events?
The concept is brilliant but the idea of having to wear something on top my glasses is just I don't know... Maybe I'll wait to try it out at the MS Store.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Hands on reports from the press when it was first shown were very positive.
justsomeguy
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In what way?
- Not convinced it's real (it is), or
- Not convinced the public is ready to adopt it (much bigger question
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runningjoke
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This demo is entirely rigged, there are chalk crosses on the floor
LyleLanley
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In what way?
- Not convinced it's real (it is), or
- Not convinced the public is ready to adopt it (much bigger question
I don't work in AR or VR but I'm not convinced this will all work as seamlessly as it seems to in these demos.
GrizzleBoy
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DataStream
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Uhhhhh...
Zvonimir Boban
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This is the thing that impressed me the most from the earlier Hololens demos. An easily customisable dual monitor setup seems cool and actually useful unlike most of the other ideas that have been shown off.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Well... a thought occurs.
The Hololens display works by refracting light to a certain frequency, and bouncing it to the right bit of your eye to receive the image. Glasses work by taking light from the outside and altering the angle so it hits the right part of your eyes.
If the angle of refraction is adjustable enough, and the camera is good enough, it could do double duty as your glasses.
Damon Bennet
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Not unusual for presentations, for the speaker to stand on
Opus Angelorum
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Umm...that's markers for the presenters to reference.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
That tells people where to stand.
LyleLanley
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lol, I think some of those audience members thought they were getting their own HoloLens.
Barbacoatl
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Just registered to attend the build sessions tour in Mexico city
Complex Shadow
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"So developers will be able to try HoloLens this week."
"...try HoloLens...."
"...try HoloLens...."
Purple Cheeto
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In what way?
- Not convinced it's real (it is), or
- Not convinced the public is ready to adopt it (much bigger question
Both. Not convinced it is as good as people think it is and that the practical applications are more limited than the dreams people have initially. That's the big problem I have with every AR/VR solution, the reality of what you can do is so limited that its a total buzzkill.
I'm sure at some point someone will step it forward, maybe holo lens is that point.
LyleLanley
Banned
No xbox talk?
GrizzleBoy
Banned
Haha, the people thought they'd get a HoloLens for free
Lol I felt the pain through the internet.
killer rin
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There is still tomorrows Keynote
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
It's interesting to note he said they are going to try the HoloLens they used on stage, at the reveal the press used units that were tethered and had external battery packs.
Anton Sugar
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Try harder.
runningjoke
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So why did the robot drive to exactly those points
justsomeguy
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Yes - the latter is definitely something that's going to have to go from "Amazing cool tech demo" to "do I use it every day?" (and I think key to that will be how the hardware progresses from v1 to v2 and so on)... On the first part... well, if it does what the demos show, it's good enough for me ;-)
Complex Shadow
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ILLUMINATI !
brochiller
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You think they just do these presentations without rehearsing? They obviously rehearsed what they did. And had markers for everything.
Yep, that's the interesting part. Curious to hear impressions.
justsomeguy
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Watch again, the chalk crosses aren't the "click" points (I just rewound to take a look).
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Yeah... that was great. I could feel the jealousy and hate welling up. The relief I ultimately felt was a little evil but it was great.
justsomeguy
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a) it didn't
b) There will be hundreds of hands-on impressions over the next 2 days - be a bit dodgy to fake it on stage...
Alx
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Maybe they used those points for the demo for the same reason they're used for speakers, to make sure they're following the right scenario. It wasn't a pathfinding demo anyway, the important part was the rendering. And since the robot had a physical part, the important thing is that the virtual parts are well aligned to it.
If you're looking for the "cheating" parts, you should rather look at the green and red LEDs that probably help the software estimate the robot position.
justsomeguy
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Yup can you imagine. Candy Crush could leave fruit lying around your front room to collect for bonuses.
Kill me now.
Penguins&PolarBears
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What part of that HoloLens demo was so amazing that people can't believe it's real? My Neato Vacuum cleaner has been doing that robot demo for several years.
The glasses have a virtual pointer built in and you click your finger when the pointer is aimed at where you want it to go.
Nothing they showed there really blew my mind beyond what I already knew about HoloLens.
The glasses have a virtual pointer built in and you click your finger when the pointer is aimed at where you want it to go.
Nothing they showed there really blew my mind beyond what I already knew about HoloLens.
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