Behind Microsoft HoloLens comes into play: the Giants bypassed retina screen grab

Microsoft Windows last week 10 preview press release showing a holographic projection of glasses HoloLens makes Microsoft look cool again! A Microsoft employee confirmed that this product is fully developed by Microsoft’s secret headquarters, were aware of the world’s biggest Microsoft research system.
Obviously, this is different from Microsoft development habits in recent years, including xBox,Windows, iteration and development of core products such as Office, Microsoft is the power of the global division of labor, it is easy to see, HoloLens has been Microsoft’s secret weapon-grade products.
Foreign media reports of The Verge also confirms this statement, “project leader Alex? Jipuman (Alex Kipman) is led by the end of 2013, a team focused on developing wearable devices running Windows system, this project has been brewing in a secret lab, even many Microsoft employees are not informed, mystique comparable to Google the x Lab “.
Jipuman not no one, seven years ago, it was he who suggested to Microsoft developing somatosensory-game Kinect.2010 years after the product is released, and sales impressive toast by consumers. He has been praised as a “father of the Kinect.”
In his view, the PC is the last generation technology, Project HoloLens belongs to this day and age. “Future computers will no longer be around the area of the digital world, but with words and gestures the analog world, this new world requires a different set of rules. ”
At this point, including giants such as Samsung, Sony, Microsoft, Facebook joined the smart glasses in the market, even though every piece of technology is different, but there is no doubt that the battle for the future. Apparently, the Giants cannot wait for the occupation of smart TV or other screen, to begin the fight for the retina.
10 times more complicated than virtual reality augmented reality?
In fact, the technology giants are trying to develop next-generation computing interfaces. They were in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) area layout is particularly evident. Last year, Sony released a virtual reality head-mounted display Project Morpheus; Samsung Gear VR virtual reality equipment; Facebook a $ 2 billion acquisition of virtual reality equipment Oculus VR, virtual reality track emerging leader.
And augmented reality field seems to be not yet occupied, and opportunities are still in existence. Wearable device has sparked a global wave of Google (microblogging) eyewear (Google Glass), widely criticized in many respects, that began last week have stop orders. Last week, Google’s engineering director Ray Kurzweil said in an address in China, glass is the right approach, but requires constant iteration, to meet the needs of users, is not held by everyone is still a great deal of expectations.
In addition, last year Google money lead investor of Visual Magic Leap technology start-up company recently applied for patents for the technology of augmented reality, so Google Developers Conference this year whether there will be a sought-after augmented reality device remains unclear.
Corresponding to the glass is an augmented reality glasses called CastAR, it can project a holographic 3D image. In November 2013, the Kickstarter CastAR debut audience to raise platforms, and was a great success. This product Technical Illusions is the inventor of the company’s founder, Jerry? Ellsworth (Jeri Ellsworth).
At this month’s CES show, CNET was organized entitled “the next great invention: the new reality” Forum on brainstorming, Ellsworth CastAR inventor, founder of Oculus VR lakki is equivalent to share their unique perspective on augmented reality and virtual reality technology.
Ellsworth said, “some people think that glass is augmented reality devices, in fact, it should be more on an information devices. “At the same time she says the challenge now is, for those who haven’t tried augmented reality device for people, it’s hard to explain what is augmented reality.
“Augmented reality in many flavors, and may explain 10 times more complicated than virtual reality,” Ellsworth stresses. Oculus lakki VR founder says future augmented reality and virtual reality in these two technologies will eventually get together.
How can Microsoft HoloLens stand out?
Geithner analyst Brian Blau had a media interview, “said the Microsoft HoloLens and the next glass was unfair, because there is an essential difference. “HoloLens no imitation glass, no copying Oculus Rift or Project Morpheus, this is a unique new product.
Oculus Rift is still dominated by a 360-degree gaming experience, Chang playing games in the virtual world is a major feature of its; Project Morpheus is a product developed by Sony’s game unit out and need to rely on Sony’s eco-system, dependent on PlayStation 4 to operate Microsoft HoloLens is designed tailored for Windows 10, so doesn’t need to rely on Microsoft’s ecosystem.
HoloLens can experience games, can also be used in other scenarios, such as the use of HoloLens can start a Skype video conversation, and due to its excellent simulation demonstration effect, NASA has signed a contract with Microsoft, planned for this summer’s task with this technology.
This product featured a holographic experience, realistic rendering of the holographic images, the effect is unlike virtual reality that force users to enter a computer-generated virtual world, using augmented reality technology, would superimpose virtual objects in real-world scenarios to achieve real-world sense of enhanced, so that users are not separated from the surrounding environment to enjoy your digital life.
Depth detection and gesture recognition should be said to be a big problem, but Microsoft said it has accumulated the know-how, so do it for real-world detection and tracking of gestures of recognition, superposition of the real world and the virtual world in real time, there is no problem.
Sogou founder and CEO Wang xiaochuan wrote last week, Microsoft HoloLens information interactively the advantage of real-time, continuous access to scenes and support more natural gesture input. In his view, “if successfully developed, Microsoft HoloLens will not only bring about revolutionary and subversive, but also will lead humanity into a new era. ”
Forrester analyst James McQuivey believes that Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality experiences, if successful, will eventually extend human-computer interaction. “As in the 1990 of the 20th century, humans interact in mouse and graphical interface, as well as the 2007 introduction of Apple iPhone mobile phone triggered touch industry reform, HoloLens could become a landmark of Microsoft technologies. ”
Integration of the two technologies, wearable device triggered interactively change?
MIT Human Dynamics Laboratory Director, known as the “father of the wearable device” Alex? Pentland said, wearable device the most important part is the sensor, natural interaction to be truly wearable device, voice, image, body techniques, such as a no child left behind.
Wang Ming-Yang Yi told a developer fields Tencent technology of virtual reality, virtual reality and augmented reality requires a complete set of interactions. But at this stage only independent of glasses will not work, you also need other assistive devices, such as the somatosensory system and infra-red equipment.
Microsoft HoloLens is only a conceptual products, when available, and how much of it is the answers to these questions are not clearly in Microsoft’s press release, so when HoloLens commercialization can usher in spring is less clear.
Current wearable devices has always been criticized is not smart enough, human enough, glass is a classic example of HoloLens so Microsoft could lead the next wave of wearable device? Maybe in a year or two there will be difficulties, but in the long run, with the fusion of virtual reality and augmented reality technology, and its exponential growth trend, we have reason to believe that the next generation of wearable device interactively changes.