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Microsoft Announces Windows Holographic Platform

Posted by timothy on from the so-it's-an-illusion dept.

An anonymous reader writes: At its Build 2015 developer conference [Wednesday], Microsoft announced the Windows Holographic Platform. In short, the company will let developers turn Windows 10 apps into holograms for HoloLens. On stage, Microsoft showed a Windows video app that you can simply control with your voice: Just say "follow me" and the video app moves along as you walk around a room. "Every single universal Windows app has these capabilities," said Alex Kipman, technical fellow for the operating system group at Microsoft. Apps can look like little windows, or they can be more than that. The demo included a photos app, a browser, Skype, a holographic Start Menu, and even a dog on the floor.

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  1. Another day, another gimmick by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you're done playing, kindly place it next to the Kinect, will ya?

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    1. Re:Another day, another gimmick by kernelistic · · Score: 4, Funny

      Golf! What a great idea!

  2. Finally by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Virtual anime girlfriends* are finally here!

    * Don't worry, I'll store them in separate folders so they don't know about each other.

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    1. Re:Finally by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

      * Don't worry, I'll store them in separate folders so they don't know about each other.

      If it's OK with you, I'm going to pretend they're all in the same folder.

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    2. Re:Finally by TheDarkener · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't worry, I'll store them in separate folders so they don't know about each other.

      Don't forget to remove the "Everyone" group permissions.

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    3. Re:Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      And don't forget to enable the grope permissions!

  3. Re:Not Holograms by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, it's definitely a hologram. But then, so is the whole universe.

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  4. Re:Doesn't replace the real thing. by pitchpipe · · Score: 4, Funny
    For some reason I read that as "Happiness is a warm pussy," and found myself nodding enthusiastically in agreement.

    Maybe the cyber ones will have heaters.

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  5. Thanks for the nightmares by Atrox666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    All I can think of is an irritating holographic paperclip..stalking me.