Mixed Reality
Top 5 Most Creative HoloLens Demos
The Microsoft HoloLens is an impressive piece of technology we develop applications for, and it’s set to only get better with the release of its successor. Developers have come up with some great ways to demonstrate what the headset can do. Here’s a collection of what we think are some of the coolest HoloLens demos…
Read MoreSpending a week in VR
Finally, we have an answer to the age old question: what happens if you spend a week in virtual reality? Jak Wilmot set out to discover the implications of living in VR for an extended period of time, while creating a documentary film about the experience. Good for him- you definitely wouldn’t catch me attempting…
Read MoreHand Tracking in HoloLens 2: A Sneak Peak
The Mixed Reality Toolkit Team over at Microsoft has posted a video on YouTube that gives us a great first look at exactly how accurate the HoloLens 2‘s hand tracking and gesture capabilities are. Being a developer of interactive experiences ourselves, any new details about the next HoloLens are very exciting to us! Judging from…
Read MoreFDA Clears First Hololens App for Surgical Use
The OpenSight AR application for the HoloLens is now the first augmented reality system approved by the FDA for actual use in pre-op surgical planning. If you’re a mixed reality geek like us, then you’ll find this news really cool! OpenSight is made by Novarad– a medical imaging company that has been doing this kind…
Read MoreAR & VR for Business: The Hype machine – PART 1
Match the right technology for the right solution Everywhere you look online these days, you will likely run across an article promoting some new augmented or virtual reality technology or headset, with some associated hype touting the next big thing in AR and VR for business (XR). You will also see many promises of “magic…
Read MoreMixed Reality Capture Studios: A Look Inside
360 degree video playing on a head mounted display is not really virtual reality, despite widespread public confusion. Video cameras capture content that has a locked in perspective- you can’t look around an object, and 360 video is no exception. For virtual reality to feel like a reality, you need to have a sense of…
Read More‘The Realities Show’ – Microsoft launches MR based talk show
Earlier this week, Microsoft kicked off The Realities Show: a 30 minute live streamed talk show. The show features Microsoft engineers covering the HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality- diving into its features and capabilities. They even do a bit of Q&A, so it’s a great opportunity to get some questions answered by the creators of…
Read MoreHololens 2 Announced by Microsoft
Yesterday the Hololens 2 was announced by Microsoft to much fanfare. Four years ago, Microsoft put wearable Augmented Reality technology on the map when it launched the original Hololens. We adopted the Hololens three years and have been leveraging the technology as the premiere method in delivering interactive applications for our customers. So far, the…
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