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We at Hi-News are very fond of virtual reality. I'm so certain. But the opportunities that showed the guys from Microsoft in their HoloLens, made us think, and not whether this segment of the "changed world" is the future. So it or not - we will understand!
The main plus Microsoft HoloLens - the lack of binding to the wires, the computer and so on. This device is itself a computer. Yes, you did not misinterpret, and the data that we cited at the end of May is by no means a rumor. Before us is the most common computer in the most unusual wrapper that we've ever seen.
HoloLens is running a 32-bit Windows operating system. The heart of the gadget is a quad-core Intel Atom x5-Z8100 processor with a clock speed of 1.04 GHz and support for 64-bit operations. Graphics - custom GPU / HPU (Holographic Processing Unit) Intel Corporation has developed individually for HoloLens by order of Microsoft. If you believe the developers of the headset, this very GPU is able to process in real time huge amounts of data (up to terabytes), obtained from the set of sensors and sensors built in HoloLens.
Memory for the video is allocated 114 MB, but also from the RAM, the video processor can select up to 980 MB for its needs. In total, the system has 2 GB of RAM, returning to the question of why all this works under the control of a 32-bit operating system. From the original built-in data storage capacity of 64 GB after installing Windows 10, the user remains available 54.09 GB. All applications for HoloLens can not occupy more than 900 MB in memory.
The field of view for someone seems small enough, but there is one and only "but". The whole world around us, any room - this is our working field. Talking about this text is a senseless undertaking, so we'll redirect you to our video part, in which we tried to demonstrate this projected helmet of augmented reality in all accessible and interesting applications.
Interaction with HoloLens is just a couple of gestures and voice communication with Cortana. Yes, the assistant is not the best yet, but to answer questions about the weather, search the Internet or close the application, Cortana is capable, as well as carry out a number of other actions. It is a pity that in English, but the practice will not be superfluous.
Still, the most important thing in HoloLens is the wise system of cameras, sensors, range finders and sensors, which always knows where the boundaries of your room are, how to properly place the work tables, where the boundary of the real zone of the owner's visibility and how to make it in a completely different environment, let and in Windows 10, the user felt comfortable.
When we started to play in a variety of toys, it became clear that HoloLens lacked a distinct controller. Not a clicker who repeats the gesture with his fingers, namely a certain pad, like a cantilever, to fully crumble the alien evil spirits to the consistency of the "Mimosa" salad. At least as HTC Vive - and gamers will be happy!
The guys who gave us this device - . This is the first Russian developer of applications for glasses of augmented reality HoloLens. In a small team, craftsmen create educational applications, one of which was presented just a few days ago. Such ways of interaction with a combined reality can be useful in the educational field, for example, turning inanimate pictures into objects that are close to each and every object, which can be bypassed, looked at from different angles, and looked absolutely differently at the digital world.
And all would be nothing, but the $ 3,000 that is asked for the current kit for everyone is too impressive for the entrance ticket to the world of holograms, virtual objects and new mobile computing. Yes, having tried HoloLens from Microsoft, you will not want anything else, but is it worth it? Time will tell! But for the opportunity to test this device in real life, the guys from Thank you!
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