Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) invited some journalists to try its HoloLens. HoloLens are the company’s new futuristic headsets that have the ability to overlay the real world environment with interactive 3D images. The journalists were not allowed to take in their belongings like smartphones while trying out the HoloLens.
The biggest shortcoming of HoloLens according to people who have tried it is that the field of view is limited to a small rectangle in which digital information is projected. The reports have called this narrow field of view constrained. The peripheral vision is constrained. It takes a direct view at the holographic images to be able to see them.
Microsoft had a 90-minute session explaining how the HoloLens worked and guided the viewers through the building of three-dimensional holographs that are built with Microsoft’s Unity game engine. Voice controls and gestures can also be added to the 3D models.
The reporters were able to make the holographic spheres fall onto other holographic objects or on real objects like a coffee table or a couch. The virtual spheres can also be set using voice commands.
Reporters have commended the new gadget by Microsoft as the objects stick in space wherever they are supposed to. The feeling one gets is that the objects exist in the environment around oneself. The holograms turn along with the head without any delay. This is the most seamless experience in its kind of technology.
The details of the gadget are kept secret by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), however, things like at least five cameras and sensors that collect visual information has been reported. The HoloLens also included things like accelerometers and gyroscopes to help sense where the head is positioned and how it is moving around.
It is not known what the price tag of HoloLens would be or if it would even be released in the market. The hardware may improve before the official launch.
