Microsoft discusses Hololens at SID

May 2016 – Microsoft give one of the opening conference keynotes at this year’s SID Display Week conference. The focus of the talk was on the Disruptive Evolution of Computers through the Introduction of New Interactive Technologies. This long title translates to having compute resources becoming disruptive in changing daily activity because of the introduction and development of new displays and new human interface devices that make the information from the computers useful.

These devices include the start with keyboards and the computer mouse, and are now progressing to motion control and gesture control. These methods are more natural for people and therefore less intrusive on the activities that being performed. In that space they have now introduced the Hololens. This is being referred to as a MR or Mixed Reality display product.

Microsoft Hololens at SID 2016 Keynote

This technology utilizes the see through capability of Augmented Reality and transparent displays, and the high speed low latency 3D visualization of Virtual Reality. The display integrates the motion control from the user’s head and allows the view and use of the user’s hands to guide activities highlighted in the display.

This technology will drive the next generation of entertainment, industrial activities and data analytics bringing the results of advanced computing to the regular workday and daily life activities.