The representatives of technology have repeatedly overcome seemingly impenetrable boundaries in order to accelerate the burgeoning of unique technological features. As the world is transformed and conventional obstacles progressively perish, new limits are imposed only to be eventually surpassed.
One of these limits is about to be exceeded with the appearance of Microsoft’s HoloLens.
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What is HoloLens?
HoloLens is a computer with the power to represent holograms in the real world. The system has managed to realistically depict digital shapes and patterns and create a digital simulation environment. In other words, HoloLens allows the user to have the full control and functionality of a PC literally in their fingers through interaction with holograms in a digital holographic environment. The computer is portable and it can be carried anywhere since one can “wear” it the same way as glasses.
During an initial presentation of HoloLens, Alex Kipman, a leading Software Engineer at Microsoft, supported that the device is a way to “take technology and bring it into our world,” as well as a great chance to personalize technology.
According to Kipman, the Microsoft staff is “dreaming beyond virtual world, beyond screens, beyond pixels” and is trying to implement this kind of technology in real world. In other words, the Software Engineer supports that this computer is able to connect one’s digital life to his/her real life.
According to Microsoft’s presentation of HoloLens, the staff responsible for this device had been contemplating on “the idea of mixing [their] applications and games back into the real world” and overcome the fact that “no technology exists, of its kind, to make this possible.”
In fact, this is one of the statements made during the official HoloLens Live Demonstration. “We were inspired by the idea of mixing our applications and games back into the real world. But obviously, no technology exists of its kind to make this possible. Now in my decades in this industry, there’s been a few times, a few key moments, where a technology or an experience has just blown me away. And we created one of those experiences with Windows 10.”
HoloLens is the next step of technology. It has come to push beyond the mentioned technological conventionalities and change the way humans perceive computers.
What is a hologram?
Hologram is the projection of a three-dimensional image through the use of a coherent light source. An example of the power of hologram was demonstrated during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, in which Michael Jackson digitally “came back to life” in order to entertain the attendees.
The possibilities of HoloLens
HoloLens truly has an unlimited range of applications. This profusion of applications involves sectors of education, science, and, of course, gaming. Ideally, the device would become a fundamental tool to the exploration of aspects of science and engineering that have not been subject to tests due to representational boundaries. The device has the potential to unlock accomplishments related to these fields since it will virtually incorporate the user into an accurately detailed digital world.
According to several technology connoisseurs who asserted their opinion at Microsoft’s HoloLens Demonstration, the device is capable of releasing the viewer from the limitation of a screen. In HoloLens, everything can turn into a screen as long as a user “wears” the device. Because of this, the device has been attributed as a realistic incarnation of imagination and an innovative way to invigorate real 3D representations.
What is it made of?
As mentioned in Microsoft’s website, “Microsoft HoloLens is made up of specialized components that together enable holographic computing. The optical system that works in lock-step with advanced sensors. The HPU that makes light work of processing a large amount of data per second. All those components and more enable you to move freely and interact with holograms.”
For an interactive presentation of the device and an insider’s view on its mechanics, you can visit https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us/hardware
Release Date and Price
Two of the most common questions on HoloLens are concerned with its release date and price. Up to date, there is no formal notice on these two aspects of Microsoft’s device. Expectations on the release date according to statements by Microsoft officials, such as the CEO of the corporation Satya Nadella, indicate that HoloLens will not appear on the markets before 2016.
According to quora.com, the estimated cost would range from $500 to $1500. This estimation is based on the deductions of potential buyers and people who are familiar with technology and its features and is justified by Microsoft’s general past marketing policies.
On the verge of this innovative technological revolution, one should remember that, according to Bill Gates, “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
The power of this technology remains immeasurable since the human brain has repetitively proven that conventional boundaries exist only to be infringed by the power of innovation and creativity. All in all, this breakthrough could further galvanize technologically orchestrated attempts to achieve a new era of technology that could turn science fiction to technological facts.
And as Kipman himself would excitedly put it,
“Welcome to a new era of Windows. Welcome to Windows Holographic.”
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For updates and news of this breakthrough, you can visit https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us
