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name | Microsoft HoloLens| logo = File:Microsoft HoloLens logo 2015.png| image = | aka = Project Baraboo (during the development period)| developer = Microsoft| manufacturer = Microsoft| family = Windows 10| type = Mixed reality augmented reality head-mounted display smartglasses| generation = 2| os = Windows Mixed Reality
| pixel>megapixel (16:9|widescreen) head-mounted display | sound = Spatial sound technology |
| megapixel>MP| touchpad = Side Panel |
| gram>g (1.28 lb)| successor = HoloLens 2 | hololens.com}} | * (Development Edition)(Development Edition 2) announced May 2, 2019
| United States dollar>$3,000PANDHER>FIRST=GURMEET SINGH | URL=HTTP://WWW.THEBITBAG.COM/MICROSOFT-HOLOLENS-PREORDERS-PRICE-SPECS-OF-THE-AUGMENTED-REALITY-HEADSET/137410 | DATE=MARCH 2, 2016 | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20160304102828/HTTP://WWW.THEBITBAG.COM/MICROSOFT-HOLOLENS-PREORDERS-PRICE-SPECS-OF-THE-AUGMENTED-REALITY-HEADSET/137410 | URL-STATUS=DEAD, $5,000 (Commercial Suite)}}Microsoft HoloLens is an augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) headset developed and manufactured by Microsoft. HoloLens runs the Windows Mixed Reality platform under the Windows 10 operating system. Some of the positional tracking technology used in HoloLens can trace its lineage to the Microsoft Kinect, an accessory for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Xbox One game consoles that was introduced in 2010.NEWS, Mcbride, Sarah, With HoloLens, Microsoft aims to avoid Google's mistakes,weblink May 23, 2016, Reuters, May 23, 2016, The pre-production version of HoloLens, the Development Edition, shipped on March 30, 2016, and is targeted to developers in the United States and Canada for a list price of $3000WEB,weblink Microsoft announces Windows Holographic with HoloLens headset, Shaban, Hamza, September 2, 2014, The Verge, January 21, 2015, WEB,weblink Introducing the Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition, Microsoft, We will work to get devices out as quickly as possible. As soon as additional devices are available, more accepted applicants will be invited to purchase., October 7, 2015, which allowed hobbyist, professionals, and corporations to participate in the pre-production version of HoloLens.WEB,weblink Announcing Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition open for pre-order, shipping March 30, February 29, 2016, Samsung and Asus have extended an offer to Microsoft to help produce their own mixed-reality products, in collaboration with Microsoft, based around the concept and hardware on HoloLens.WEB,weblink Samsung seeks partnership with Microsoft for hololens, May 13, 2015, The Korea Times, Kim Yoo-chul, December 7, 2015, WEB,weblink Asus mulls HoloLens augmented-reality glasses of its own, October 19, 2015, Wearable Tech, CNET, Tibken, Shara, December 7, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160416104502weblink">weblink April 16, 2016, dead, On October 12, 2016, Microsoft announced global expansion of HoloLens and publicized that HoloLens would be available for preorder in Australia, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.NEWS,weblink Microsoft announces global expansion for HoloLens, October 12, 2016, Microsoft News Centre Australia, en-US, October 16, 2016, There is also a commercial suite (similar to a pro edition of Windows), with enterprise features such as BitLocker security. As of May 2017, the suite sold for US$5,000.WEB,weblink Buy Microsoft HoloLens Commercial Suite - Microsoft Store, Microsoft Store, en, 2017-05-05, Microsoft has decided to rent the Hololens without clients making the full investment. Microsoft partners with a company called Absorbents to give the service of HoloLens rental.NEWS,weblink Microsoft's HoloLens is now available to rent, Lucas, Matney, 14 February 2018, Techcrunch, HoloLens 2 was announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on February 24, 2019,WEB,weblink Microsoft's new $3,500 HoloLens 2 headset means business, cnn.com, February 24, 2019, February 25, 2019, and was available on preorder at $3,500.WEB,weblink HoloLens 2 pricing and preorder, 2019-02-24, Microsoft, WEB,weblink HoloLens 2 AR announced for $3,500, available to preorder now, ships later this year, 2019-02-24, CNET, DescriptionThe HoloLens is a head-mounted display unit connected to an adjustable, cushioned inner headband, which can tilt HoloLens up and down, as well as forward and backward.WEB,weblink HoloLens hands-on: Building for Windows Holographic, May 1, 2015, SlashGear, That means very little pressure on your nose, and even if youâre wearing glasses you can generally find a workable way to keep them on underneath., Davies, Chris, May 1, 2015, To wear the unit, the user fits the HoloLens on their head, using an adjustment wheel at the back of the headband to secure it around the crown, supporting and distributing the weight of the unit equally for comfort,WEB,weblink Microsoft Hololens hardware, Microsoft, May 1, 2015, before tilting the visor towards the front of the eyes.The front of the unit houses many of the sensors and related hardware, including the processors, cameras and projection lenses. The visor is tinted; enclosed in the visor piece is a pair of transparent combiner lenses, in which the projected images are displayed in the lower half.AV MEDIA,weblink Developing for HoloLens, April 30, 2015, Microsoft, 00:07:15, May 1, 2015, HoloLens is the firstâand so farâonly holographic computer out there. [...] I hope that in the not-so-distant future there will be many such devices. [...] This is running Windows 10. All of the APIs for human and environment understanding are part of Windows, and this version of Windows that we put on this deviceâwe call it Windows Holographic., Alex Kipman, Seth Juarez, The HoloLens must be calibrated to the interpupillary distance (IPD), or accustomed vision of the user.WEB,weblink Developing with HoloLens: Decent hardware chases Microsoft's lofty augmented reality ideal, May 1, 2015, PC World, Hachman, Mark, May 1, 2015, WEB,weblink Microsoft HoloLens Hands-On: Incredible, Amazing, Prototype-y as Hell, January 21, 2015, One Microsoft employee [...] typed my IPD (interpupillary distance) into a connected PC. Microsoft says the final version will automatically measure the distnace [sic] between your eyes, but the prototypes donât have that feature yet., Hollister, Sean, May 1, 2015, Along the bottom edges of the side, located near the user's ears, are a pair of small, red 3D audio speakers. The speakers, competing against typical sound systems, do not obstruct external sounds, allowing the user to hear virtual sounds, along with the environment. Using head-related transfer functions, the HoloLens generates binaural audio, which can simulate spatial effects; meaning the user, virtually, can perceive and locate a sound, as though it is coming from a virtual pinpoint or location.AV MEDIA,weblink Microsoft HoloLens: The Science Within - Spatial Sound with Holograms, February 29, 2016, Microsoft, March 7, 2016, See also: 3D audio effect, virtual surround, psychoacousticsOn the top edge are two pairs of buttons: display brightness buttons above the left ear, and volume buttons above the right ear.WEB,weblink HoloLens: Still magical, but with the ugly taint of reality, May 1, 2015, Ars Technica, Bright, Peter, May 2, 2015, Adjacent buttons are shaped differentlyâone concave, one convexâso that the user can distinguish them by touch.At the end of the left arm is a power button and row of five, small individual LED nodes, used to indicate system status, as well as for power management, indicating battery level and setting power/standby mode. A USB 2.0 micro-B receptacle is located along the bottom edge. A 3.5 mm audio jack is located along the bottom edge of the right arm.Hardware(File:MicrosoftHoloLensBloomGesture.JPG|thumb|Man wearing Microsoft HoloLens)The HoloLens is a first generation AR device. The displays on the HoloLens are simple waveguide displays with a fixed focus of approximately two meters. Because of the fixed focus, the displays exhibit the Vergence-Accommodation Conflict.WEB, Comfort - Mixed Reality,weblink 2022-09-22, learn.microsoft.com, en-us, The HoloLens features an inertial measurement unit (IMU) (which includes an accelerometer, gyroscope, and a magnetometer)WEB,weblink BUILD 2015: A closer look at the Microsoft HoloLens hardware, April 30, 2015, Microsoft Devices Blog, This custom silicon efficiently processes data from the sensors, resulting in a relatively simple yet informative output that can be easily used by developers so they can focus on creating amazing experiences without having to work through complex physics calculations., Holmdahl, Todd, February 29, 2016, four "environment understanding" sensors (two on each side), an energy-efficient depth camera with a 120°Ã120° angle of view,MAGAZINE,weblink Project HoloLens: Our Exclusive Hands-On With Microsoft's Holographic Goggles, January 21, 2015, Wired (magazine), Wired, Condé Nast, Hempel, Jessi, January 22, 2015, a 2.4-megapixel photographic video camera, a four-microphone array, and an ambient light sensor.Microsoft HoloLens - Here are the full processor, storage and RAM specs, Windows Central, May 2, 2016{{Anchor|Holographic Processing Unit}}In addition to an Intel Cherry Trail SoC containing the CPU and GPU,NEWS, Colaner, Seth, What's Inside Microsoft's HoloLens And How It Works,weblink August 23, 2016, Tom's Hardware, August 23, 2016, HoloLens features a custom-made Microsoft Holographic Processing Unit (HPU), a coprocessor manufactured specifically for the HoloLens by Microsoft. The SoC and the HPU each have 1GB LPDDR3 and share 8MB SRAM, with the SoC also controlling 64GB eMMC and running the Windows 10 operating system. The HPU uses 28 custom DSPs from TensilicaNEWS, Bright, Peter, Microsoft sheds some light on its mysterious holographic processing unit,weblink August 24, 2016, Ars Technica, August 23, 2016, to process and integrate data from the sensors, as well as handling tasks such as spatial mapping, gesture recognition, and voice and speech recognition. According to Alex Kipman, the HPU processes "terabytes of information". One attendee estimated that the display field of view of the demonstration units was 30°Ã17.5°.WEB,weblink On the road for VR: Microsoft HoloLens at Build 2015, San Francisco, May 1, 2015, Doc-Ok.org, As I was stripped of all devices and gadgets before being allowed into the demo room, I had to guesstimeasure it by covering the visible screen with my hands (fingers splayed) at armâs length, ending up with 1 3/4 hands horizontally, and 1 hand vertically (in other words, a 16:9 screen aspect ratio) (see Figure 1). In non-Doc-Ok units, that comes out to about 30° by 17.5° (for comparison, the Oculus Rift DK2â²s field of view is about 100° by 100°)., Kreylos, Oliver, June 17, 2015, In an interview at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, Microsoft Vice-President of Next-Gen Experiences, Kudo Tsunoda, indicated that the field of view is unlikely to be significantly different on release of the current version.AV MEDIA,weblink Giant Bomb LIVE! at E3 2015: Day 01, June 16, 2015, 3:13:06, July 4, 2015, the hardware we have now [...] the field of view isn't exactly final, but I wouldn't say it's going to be [...] hugely, noticeably different, either., Jeff Gerstmann, Phil Spencer (business executive), Phil Spencer, Kudo Tsunoda, The HoloLens contains an internal rechargeable battery, with average life rated at 2â3 hours of active use, or 2 weeks of standby time. The HoloLens can be operated while charging.HoloLens features IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy (LE) wireless connectivity. The headset uses Bluetooth LE to pair with the included Clicker, a thumb-sized finger-operating input device that can be used for interface scrolling and selecting. The Clicker features a clickable surface for selecting, and an orientation sensor which provides for scrolling functions via tilting and panning of the unit. The Clicker features an elastic finger loop for holding the device, and a USB 2.0 micro-B receptacle for charging its internal battery.WEB,weblink Working with accessories, Windows Dev Center, March 7, 2016, dead,weblink March 8, 2016, mdy-all, The HoloLens core display has been integrated into hard hat hardware systems.WEB,weblink Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2, 14 Oct 2022,ApplicationsSince 2016, a number of augmented-reality applications have been showcased for the HoloLens. Some of the applications that were available at launch included:
InterfaceThe HoloLens uses voice commands, gaze, hand gestures, and a controller as the primary input methods.WEB,weblink Development overview, Windows Dev Center, Microsoft, March 1, 2016, dead,weblink March 8, 2016, mdy-all, Gaze commands, such as head-tracking, allows the user to bring application focus to whatever the user is perceiving.AV MEDIA,weblink Microsoft HoloLens: Gaze Input, February 29, 2016, Microsoft, March 7, 2016, "Elements"âor any virtual application or buttonâare selected using an air tap method, similar to clicking an imaginary computer mouse. The tap can be held for a drag simulation to move an element, as well as voice commands for certain commands and actions.The HoloLens shell carries over and adapts many elements from the Windows desktop environment. A "bloom" gesture for accessing the shell (performing a similar function to pressing a Windows key on a Windows keyboard or tablet, or the Xbox button on an Xbox One Controller) is performed by opening one's hand, fingers spread with the palm facing up.WEB,weblink Restart: Microsoft in the age of Satya Nadella, January 21, 2015, Wired, Each lens has three layers of glassâin blue, green, and redâfull of microthin corrugated grooves that diffract light. [...] A "light engine" above the lenses projects light into the glasses, where it hits the grating and then volleys between the layers of glass millions of times., Hempel, Jessi, January 22, 2015, WEB,weblink Gestures, Windows Dev Center, March 7, 2016, Windows can be dragged to a particular position, as well as resized. Virtual elements such as windows or menus can be "pinned" to locations, physical structures or objects within the environment; or can be "carried", or fixed in relation to the user, following the user as they move around.AV MEDIA,weblink Microsoft HoloLens: What is a hologram?, February 29, 2016, Microsoft, March 7, 2016, Title bars for application windows have a title on the left, and buttons for window management functions on the right.In April 2016 Microsoft created the Microsoft HoloLens App for Windows 10 PC's and Windows 10 Mobile devices, that allows developers to run apps, use his or her phone or PC's keyboard to type text, view a live stream from the HoloLens user's point of view, and remotely capture mixed reality photos and videos.Developing applications for HoloLensMicrosoft Visual Studio is an IDE that can be used to develop applications (both 2D and 3D) for HoloLens. Applications can be tested using HoloLens emulator (included into Visual Studio 2015 IDE) or HoloLens Development Edition.2D applicationsHoloLens can run almost all Universal Windows Platform apps.WEB,weblink Building 2D apps, These apps appear as 2D projections. Not all Windows 10 APIs are currently supported by HoloLens,WEB,weblink Current limitations for apps using APIs from the shell, December 11, 2016, December 20, 2016,weblink dead, but in most cases the same app is able to run across all Windows 10 devices (including HoloLens), and the same tools that are used to develop applications for Windows PC or Windows Phone can be used to develop a HoloLens app.3D applications3D applications, or "holographic" applications, use Windows Holographic APIs. Microsoft recommends Unity engine and Vuforia to create 3D apps for HoloLens, but it's also possible for a developer to build their own engine using DirectX and Windows APIs.WEB,weblink Development overview,Criticism{{See also|Integrated Visual Augmentation System}}In November 2018 Microsoft got a contract for the supply of 100,000 HoloLens MR glasses, worth $479 million, to the U.S. military.WEB, Joshua Brustein: Microsoft Win's $480 Million Army Battlefield Contract,weblink 2019-02-23, Bloomberg.com, The MR goggles are intended to provide "increased lethality, mobility, and situational awareness necessary to achieve overmatch against [...] current and future adversaries." Just before the opening of one of the largest international technology conferencesâthe GSMA Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelonaâfifty Microsoft employees wrote a letter to their CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith stating that they "refuse to develop technologies for warfare and oppression". They demanded that corporate management terminate the contract.NEWS, Glaser, April, Microsoft Workers Say the Company Is War Profiteering, and They've Timed Their Protest to Hurt,weblink 2020-11-15, Slate Magazine, 2019-02-22, en,See alsoNotes{{reflist|group=note}}References{{reflist|30em}}External links
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