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Microsoft Launches HoloLens Emulator, No Headset Required (venturebeat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: As promised, Microsoft started shipping its $3,000 HoloLens development kits today. In addition to sharing that bots are coming to the new platform, the company also released a HoloLens emulator, which lets developers test holographic apps on their PC without the need for a physical HoloLens. You can download the emulator now directly from here.
Thinking about building a holographic app? HoloToolkit on GitHub is a collection of scripts and components that may help accelerate your development.
Yeah, thanks for linking directly to a Windows EXE file - NOT!
This is the 6th story on the main page with the same company name all framed in goodwill fashion. Slashvertising needed a boost? or just a really really slow day?
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rNIxMlKmI
Demo of the Hololens if you missed it. Will be interesting to see where the technology goes :)
"Slashdot(community) hates on Microsoft too much!"
"Slashdot(host) is getting paid by Microsoft!"
Well we get messages from people saying we post too many MS hate articles on the front page
How long until the Oculus Rift is hacked to provide the I/O required for the emulator and vice versa?
and by people do you mean ms Tay :)
It's a trap
It is great being able to test drive the concept of HoloLens without having to pay $3,000 to do it. But it would be nice if they also allowed avoiding the $9,000 fee to try Surface Hub by allowing HoloLens SDK emulator and actual HoloLens users to pin a virtual Surface Hub to the wall. This might also allow using the Surface Hub concepts in ways the physical device is not intended to be used such a horizontally (table, floor, ceiling) or in sizes currently not available.
I don't care if it is from Microsoft, you don't link directly to an executable Slashdot!
It seems to me Microsoft is trying to hijack the holographic nomenclature for profit? Every time a stereoscopic pair of images are interchangeably named as holograms, D. Gabor spins on his grave :(
You're confusing the adjective holographic with the capitalized brand name Windows Holographic. This isn't holography, it's Augmented Reality. Even the brand name shouldn't be used because it misleadingly hijacks a common word.
Microsoft gets 6 free articles on the main page. Is this what slashdot is reduced to, shilling for the MICROS~1 organization?
Misread that headline. Read it as "Microsoft Launches HoloLens Emitter, No Headset Required".
Was REALLY excited for 5 seconds and then read what a Microsoft HoloLens actually is.
To quote a review of the new Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie: "It was like expecting a puppy for Christmas and getting a goldfish."
My response to these kinds of comments is always "if you want another story on the front page, submit it". There is never a reason to complain about lack of content on a user content driven site.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?