The premier device for Windows Holographic, Microsoft HoloLens is a smart glasses unit that is a cordless, self-contained Windows 10 computer. It uses advanced sensors, a high-definition 3D optical head-mounted display, and spatial sound to allow for augmented reality applications, with a natural user interface that the user interacts with through gaze, voice, and hand gestures. Codenamed "Project Baraboo," HoloLens had been in development for five years before its announcement in 2015, but was conceived earlier as the original pitch made in late 2007 for what would become the Kinect technology platform.
Microsoft expects HoloLens to be made available "in the Windows 10 timeframe" and priced for use in both the enterprise and consumer markets. An unnamed Microsoft executive said that HoloLens would cost significantly more than a game console.
2. A new way to see your world
Holograms are the next evolution in
computing. With this vision in mind,
hardware, software, and user design
engineers came together to create a new
canvas for creators and developers.
Microsoft HoloLens, together with Windows
10, introduces a powerful new holographic
platform. The era of holographic computing
is here.
3. Transform your world with holograms.
The world’s most advanced
holographic computing platform,
enabled by Windows 10. For the first
time ever, Microsoft HoloLens brings
high-definition holograms to life in
your world, where they integrate with
your physical places, spaces, and
things.
Holograms will improve the way you
do things every day, and enable you to
do things you’ve never done before.
4. Go beyond the screen.
As holograms, your digital content will be as real
as physical objects in the room. For the first
time, holograms will become practical tools of
daily life.
Shape holograms to fine-tune a design. Interact
with them to learn something new. When you
share your ideas, show and tell from multiple
perspectives. Microsoft HoloLens enables you to
make decisions more confidently, work more
effectively, and bring your ideas to life right
before your eyes.
5. A new reality.
Microsoft HoloLens goes beyond
augmented reality and virtual reality by
enabling you to interact with three-
dimensional holograms blended with your
real world. Microsoft HoloLens is more than
a simple heads-up display, and its
transparency means you never lose sight of
the world around you. High-definition
holograms integrated with your real world
will unlock all-new ways to create,
communicate, work, and play.
6. Your world as a canvas.
Microsoft HoloLens intelligently
maps the room you’re in, blending
holograms with the environment
around you. Pin holograms to
physical locations you choose so
that your room becomes the canvas
for your holographic projects and
games. With Microsoft HoloLens,
you can interact with holograms
and everyday objects together.
7. A more natural way to interact.
There isn’t a screen to touch or a mouse to
click. Use gestures to create, shape, and size
holograms. Use your eyes to navigate and
explore. Use your voice to communicate with
your apps. Microsoft HoloLens understands
your movements, vision, and voice, enabling
you to interact with content and information
in the most natural way possible.
8. New ways to teach and learn.
It’s easier to show than to tell, so do both. With
Microsoft HoloLens, your environment as you
see it, and from their tablet or PC they friends
and colleagues can help you with difficult tasks
using HoloNotes in Skype.
They can see can draw instructions that appear
as holograms in your world. Get customized,
real-time help from someone who can see what
you see and hear what you hear.
9. New ways to visualize your work.
Go beyond what a 2D render can
do by bringing your vision to life in
three dimensions. Anchor
holograms to physical objects so
you can size and scale them in real
time. Save time and make smarter
decisions by seeing your work from
every angle, in relation to the
world around you. And partner
with remote colleagues to
collaborate on projects together.
10. New ways to collaborate and explore.
Go somewhere you’ve never been and get to
know it from every angle. See holograms from
your colleague’s perspective if he’s in the next
room or on the other side of the world.
Explore a new dimension that is grounded in,
but not limited to, the physical world.
11. New ways to create what you imagine.
See your imagination come to life as a
hologram. Effortlessly create your own
holograms and share them with
others. Use holograms to visualize
how something will look in the
physical world whether it’s a new
piece of furniture in your home, a toy
for your kids, or a new creation for
work. HoloStudio will even let you
turn your holograms into physical
objects with 3D print compatibility