StyM
02-07-2017, 05:32 AM
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hololens-developers-demonstrate-game-ideas,33596.html
Last year, Microsoft started shipping HoloLens developer kits to companies and individuals around the world that were willing to part with $3,000 for a shiny new mixed reality headset. As you can imagine, there aren?t that many developers with access to HoloLens kits yet, but the ones who do have Microsoft?s MR system on hand are starting to show promising concepts.
Mixed reality is poised to change how we interact with our computers in ways most people haven?t yet imagined. The idea of working with virtual holographic media superimposed over our real world is such a foreign concept to most people that it still lies in the realm of science fiction for them. But it isn?t science fiction anymore; mixed reality is available today if you have deep enough pockets, and isn?t far off for those of us who don?t.
Last week, we wrote about an experimental piece of software called HoloViveObserver that allows HoloLens and HTC Vive users to interact with a shared VR space, from within the same physical space. The person wearing the Vive would see a virtual world, whereas the HoloLens wearer sees virtual objects in a mixed reality space.
Last week?s news shows a glimpse of the future of productivity, but what about gaming?
Mixed reality opens up myriad possibilities for new game concepts. More than two years ago, Microsoft demonstrated what HoloLens could do for a game like Minecraft. The company presented a tabletop version of the Minecraft map superimposed over a real coffee table, which allowed the HoloLens wearer to play with the world as if it were a bunch of Lego bricks on the table.
Last year, Microsoft started shipping HoloLens developer kits to companies and individuals around the world that were willing to part with $3,000 for a shiny new mixed reality headset. As you can imagine, there aren?t that many developers with access to HoloLens kits yet, but the ones who do have Microsoft?s MR system on hand are starting to show promising concepts.
Mixed reality is poised to change how we interact with our computers in ways most people haven?t yet imagined. The idea of working with virtual holographic media superimposed over our real world is such a foreign concept to most people that it still lies in the realm of science fiction for them. But it isn?t science fiction anymore; mixed reality is available today if you have deep enough pockets, and isn?t far off for those of us who don?t.
Last week, we wrote about an experimental piece of software called HoloViveObserver that allows HoloLens and HTC Vive users to interact with a shared VR space, from within the same physical space. The person wearing the Vive would see a virtual world, whereas the HoloLens wearer sees virtual objects in a mixed reality space.
Last week?s news shows a glimpse of the future of productivity, but what about gaming?
Mixed reality opens up myriad possibilities for new game concepts. More than two years ago, Microsoft demonstrated what HoloLens could do for a game like Minecraft. The company presented a tabletop version of the Minecraft map superimposed over a real coffee table, which allowed the HoloLens wearer to play with the world as if it were a bunch of Lego bricks on the table.