Meanwhile, back in Redmond, Microsoft opens access to HoloLens sensors. PTC’s LiveWorx conference is all about the Internet of Things and AR. It has grown out of the PTC's acquisition of ThingWorx and the subsequent remaking of the company to put it in the middle of digital lifecycle of products. In January 2018, PTC and Microsoft announced a strategic alliance around the … [Read more...] about Inventing the future: Alex Kipman reflects on Hololens at LiveWorx
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HPI demonstrates new AR/MR haptic feedback technology with Microsoft’s HoloLens
New research shows how haptic feedback can be achieved in augmented and mixed reality. Last month we reported on new VR-based haptic feedback technology that may become a central part of future virtual reality (VR) packages. Now, a project run by the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) from the University of Potsdam is attempting to bring similar functionalities to augmented (AR) … [Read more...] about HPI demonstrates new AR/MR haptic feedback technology with Microsoft’s HoloLens
Trimble debuts SketchUp Viewer for Microsoft HoloLens
Microsoft bills HoloLens as a “mixed reality” portal suitable for a new approach to design review. Trimble has announced a new SketchUp viewer for Microsoft HoloLens. Trimble describes it as a “mixed-reality solution” for design and construction review. The new viewer is the first extensible commercial HoloLens application to be listed in the Windows Store. Noted … [Read more...] about Trimble debuts SketchUp Viewer for Microsoft HoloLens
Microsoft cranks up the buzz for Holoportation
You don’t know what it is, but you think you want one. By Jon Peddie Microsoft says holoportation is a new type of 3D capture technology that allows 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed, and transmitted anywhere in the world in real time— kind of a beam-me-up-Scotty thing. When combined with mixed reality displays such as Microsoft Hololens, it allows users … [Read more...] about Microsoft cranks up the buzz for Holoportation
Hololens for design and designers
Microsoft is working with Autodesk and Trimble to develop applications for mixed reality. By Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher When Microsoft introduced Hololens at the beginning of 2015, it was generally agreed that the blue giant had a good idea, and like many of Microsoft’s big ideas, it might well be many years before the company nurtured its idea along to the point … [Read more...] about Hololens for design and designers
New devices, new interfaces from Microsoft
Windows 10 will arrive with two new products for work and play. The Surface Hub is a high-end white board for show and tell and save and share and the HoloLens is another take on wearable augmented reality. The Microsoft Surface Hub, was unveiled during the Windows 10 update in Seattle. It was a bit of a surprise, but one many Microsoft followers could predict after previous … [Read more...] about New devices, new interfaces from Microsoft