Microsoft Hololens ..... a game changer?

I didn't see a thread so lock of its a duplicate however

Gamespot Hololens article

Hololens... as a self confessed Cow... i'm stupidly impressed. I genuinely hope this is not all hot air. I have however also just read this

Wired Magazine hands on article

Which has convinced me even more. phrases like "my legs were shaking it looked so real" are very promising to me

PC world... thats where MS belongs. get your mitts out of game development and do more stuff like this!

@RedentSC: If it works...

@StormyJoe: agreed... i hope its not all lies and deceit. I recommend the wired article

It looks great.

Nothing by MS can ever by deemed a gamechanger on System Wars, ever. Haven't you learned that by now?

Looks cool, yet MS is always very optimistic with its new ideas .... Kinect was announced years ago and got a 2nd iteration and yet, it's no where as it was advertised to be ... the tech. is there but it needs more time to make an impact.

Definitely looks promising... I'd like to see how it translates to gaming (if it does to any great extent).

Gimmick.

well the tech in kinect is very impressive, it just hasn't done much for gaming.

I remember the kinect launch where we had a VR kid with real emotions reacting to our words. Lets wait until we see the real kit before getting excited.

It pretty much didn't add anything to anything.

lol

Actually, a normal HDM seems to be more useful for stationary gaming than this.

This holo thing seems useful for mobile augmented reality applications, but as a peripheral device for a stationary game console, I cannot imagine the kind of game that takes place in your living room. What would that be? Some kind of Jumanji?

This is what Illumiroom transcended into. Genius. Here I thought they scrapped Illumiroom and all along they made it better. Bravo today Microsoft.

for the only time in history, and never to be repeated... we are in total agreement

Its all about pricing

@blue_hazy_basic: I recommend the wired article. its a hands on preview, and very convincing. By all account everything seen in that trailer is a working demo on the device.

It may all be the same but the big key is they tossed the projector in favor of technology that works and we want. I like!!!!

@kuu2: because i just stumbled onto the forums to post this without paying attention to stickies. Apologies... i just thought id run with it after the first 5 minutes of ignorance on my part :)

I am reading reports that people are demoing at this event and are blown away by it. I am already picking out in my living room were I want my weather app, my Porn tab, calender, etc.

People were deflated after PSX failed to bring anything. We will be talking about Windows 10 and all the magic coming out of this event all year!

Sheds another green tear.............

This is going to force google to update their version. Its only going to drive more innovation.

I always thought google tech was great but this is really next level.

Hopefully the glasses can be less bulky than the prototype.

For specially desined games to take advantage of it, like Minecraft seems to be getting hinted at? Sure.

For normal games? No.

People need to stop thinking hardware gimmicks will change gaming. Same for VR headsets.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Minnesota-University-Team-Adapts-Kinect-for-Medical-Use-189553.shtml

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Medical-uses-of-Kinect-Workshop

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/2014/01/10/workshop-highlights-medical-uses-of-kinect-technology.aspx

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/kinect/

http://www.gizmowatch.com/entry/six-best-kinect-medical-hacks/

http://mobihealthnews.com/25281/eight-ways-the-microsoft-kinect-will-change-healthcare/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428655.200-kinect-imaging-lets-surgeons-keep-their-focus.html#.VMAqdMYg_u0

http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/physical-therapy-app-uses-microsoft-kinect/d/d-id/1106586

wanna rethink your stance? there is a whole world outside of gaming you know

There was about 5 threads and then they were locked. Now we have one clean sticky.

Here's one of the locked threads for proof:

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/windows-hololens-31801857/#6

lol, somebody had to say it...psx was nothing but 'meh'. Microsoft is the real deal.

I agree, but Google Glass is a *mobile* device, and current augmented reality games like Ingress are also mostly *mobile* games. This does not surprise me, because I believe that augmented reality in general makes most sense in mobile devices, while it makes not much sense in stationary devices.

well i'm guessing the wired article is enough to keep the thread unlocked. a hands on preview is defiantly worth talking about

Augmented kinect gaming ftw!!

You know, AR games do exists, like Invizimals for the psp

Imagine some Pokemon style game, or whatever they can think off, where instead of trying to immerse into the game, it merges with the real world. It would have the potential to be megaton worthy. After all, voice commands are integrated.

It won't be. I think the idea will be cool but if people wouldn't take to Kinect or other motion type stuff I can't see this taking of. Nothing for most people will beat a controller. Now with that said I'm interested.

I know people expect me to hate on it because it is MS, but honestly, I don't see the advantage of this since you still need to wear some head display. VR is just the better option.

This is just a concept video right? This kind of technology won't come along for at least another decade.

This and Google glass reminds me of Dennou coil I guess we closer than we thought to that future but still there is two major obstacles not being able to touch what we see and the more important one is the human eye limitations and head aches ( I got a really bad head ache after trying Google glass for about 10 minutes ).

@Shewgenja:

The fact it's wireless shows how revolutionary it is

@Shewgenja: How? This is a self contained device that projects onto the real world. Its much more useful than VR technology

@JangoWuzHere:
No, its functioning now. This isnt just a concept.

@RedentSC: if that shit works like they advertise as in its fluid...that shit is fucking badass.

I can already imagine the uses in gaming. If linked to xbox or tv, it could serve as 3d glasses. Imagine someone on TV throwing something at you or dance central generating dancers beside you, or in dragon age where magic spells filled your world with lightning or fire. Or some as simple as generating those holograms in mass effect 3 in your living room and letting you walk around it.

@mr_huggles_dog: indeedy! put any HUD to shame.

At least you didn't let us down.............

I can see it now though....it's a MS product so...viruses, LOL.

Then some teens will get a virus from a holo porn site, trip on LSD then the virus will put random holograms places and drive the terms to madness.

@navyguy21: It could also make the tv irrelevant. If you can stream to it like other windows 10 devices, your x1 wouldnt even need a display.

now the blue screen of death can be seen in 3d!!!

if it works, it would be a cool ass gimmick, way better than kinect was. its ms though so it wont work right

It looks interesting but no way in hell will it work as advertised. I really dont think the tech is there yet and if it is then its not possoble to make it affordable yet

Yeah...not gonna happen any time soon.