Holographic computing will soon be available to consumers thanks to Microsoft HoloLens, a device that enables users to shape and create holograms that blend with our natural world or surroundings. This head-mounted wearable technology provides a wave of new possibilities since it enables users to take advantage of technology in new and exciting ways.
With HoloLens, consumers can learn, explore, create, share and
collaborate with others without being confined to an alternate reality. This is
one of the main ways in which HoloLens distinguishes itself from Google Glass,
Oculus Rift and other emerging technologies.
The Form Factor
The form factor makes HoloLens ideal for a multiplicity of uses. Since
the device’s see-through headset is light, business leaders, other
professionals and regular consumers will be able to use it at their convenience
to enhance productivity as well as access entertainment.
With HoloLens, users can also access holographic computing without the
need of wires or additional devices. Thus, consumers will have the freedom to
move from place to place whether at work or at home and interact with the 3D
images they create via apps like Holo Studio.
Tap Into Your Creative Talents
Microsoft’s HoloLens, seems ready to equip consumers with the tools that
will make them better creators and learners within an ever-expanding
technological world. The project, which has been in development for almost a
decade makes it easy to learn and create thanks to the Holo Studio as well as
its gesture and voice control capabilities.
Hub Studio enables users to create 3D holograms which can then be
brought to life thanks to 3D printers. You could build aircrafts – design just
about anything really – via the app. With this tool you can easily change
colors, copy designs and more, all while viewing your 3D designs through the
see-through lens of the device.
This offers a significant advantage to apps found on traditional
computing devices since consumers who access HoloLens will be able to interact
more dynamically with their designs without being separated by a computer
screen. In a promotional video, Microsoft highlights the benefits of interactive 3D designs by
showing how a user’s redesign of a bike could be brought to life. As the
HoloLens user looks at the existing bike, holograms appear – 3D design which
the user can interact with through hand gestures and other means.
Microsoft’s holographic computing device has embedded sensors which
enable consumers to customize their creations by simply using gesture and voice
control. By sensing a user’s viewing range, gestures and voice commands, the
sensors in addition to the device’s holographic processing unit enable users to
interact with holograms. Thus, users can tap and give commands while they
navigate apps and explore the holograms that appear within their viewing range.
Whether you are creating a miniature spacecraft or a retrofitted motorbike,
anything can be customized through gesture and voice control. If the HoloLens
is really as good as those who've tried it suggest, our imagination may be the main factor that
determines what’s possible with this device.
HoloLens Vs. Virtual Reality
The great thing about HoloLens is that it allows users to access interactive
features without confining users to an alternative reality. In essence HoloLens
enhances a user’s existing reality or surroundings, by using the natural
environment as a framework, thus enabling users to get the best of both worlds.
Virtual reality (VR) when it is done right can be extraordinary. We’ve
already seen this via the likes of Oculus Rift and other emerging VR products.
But this technology does not enable users to interact with the world around them,
but also allows them to interact with and navigate solely within the VR world.
With Microsoft HoloLens, the user becomes a vehicle through which a new
reality (holograms) aligns itself and co-exists with existing reality (the
user’s surroundings). This results in an even more dynamic range of
possibilities in areas as diverse as gaming, education, medicine and business.
What to Expect from Holographic Computing
Holographic computing offers endless possibilities. Imagine using your
living room as a game level, viewing Facebook notifications on your
refrigerator, displaying Skype on your bedroom wall or just about anywhere for
that matter. Imagine being in a classroom that could suddenly transform into a
new environment – the peaks of the Himalayas, the surface of Mars – based on
the subjects being taught. Imagine a home entertainment system made of
holograms that you can adjust to any size or view in any room or location.
Though some may argue that HoloLens is Microsoft’s comeback strategy – a
mere gimmick – it’s hard to ignore its potential. After all, if this
holographic computing device is as impressive as it seems, it could transform
our view of computing and the future of technology.
The future seems bright for holographic computing. Already companies
like Leap Frog are making the leap towards this emerging technology, and
developers are joining the movement to create apps that will enable consumers
to get the most out of holographic computing.
With HoloLens, a new computing experience will be available, one that is
not limited to the world within the screen but one that merges with the user’s
surrounding to offer a whole new experience. This product opens the doors to
extraordinary possibilities in areas related to home entertainment, business,
medicine and education. It is expected to hit the market in upcoming months.
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