7th Mar 2021Columns
Microsoft has unveiled an impressive new mixed-reality platform called Microsoft Mesh that lets people “share” the same hologram using its HoloLens 2 headset.
The augmented reality (AR) headset is a technological wonder in of itself: A lightweight frame that fits comfortable over your eyes and has the entire computer built in (mostly in a largeish curved case on the back of your head).
The lenses depict AR images, or holograms, that are amazingly good, while sensors in the eye sockets track your eye movement – so, for instance, if you’re reading a page (of instructions or just email) as your eyes move down, it scrolls the text up so you can seamlessly read it. Other sensors track your hands as they move – and allow you to move objects in AR or play the piano, in one example. And the headset does this without additional controllers in your hands or clumsy tagged gloves.