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All Windows 10 PCs Will Support HoloLens Next Year (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the AR-and-VR-push dept.

Tech giants are betting on augmented reality and virtual reality as the "next big thing." However, both of these nascent technologies are seeing a slow adoption rate because a user needs high-end computing power at her disposal to experience most of them. Microsoft believes it has made enough software advancements to offset the hardware requirements. At Intel's annual developers conference, Microsoft's Windows chief Terry Myerson announced a partnership with the chip maker that will make all future Windows 10 PCs able to support mixed reality applications. From a report on The Verge:"All Windows 10 PCs next year will include a holographic shell," Myerson said, the same operating system that runs on the company's HoloLens headset. PCs will work with a head-mounted display, and run all Windows Holographic applications, Myerson said, allowing wearers to interact not just with 3D applications but also 2D apps. Microsoft will enable these apps through a future Windows update and the company's universal Windows app platform.TechCrunch has more details.

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  1. User authentication by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How long until Microsoft requires every Windows 10 user to 'install' a Windows-compatible buttplug in your anus before the OS wiill boot? Then instead of just figuratively being up everyone's ass, they'll literally be up everyone's ass, something that I'm sure Satya Nadella has wet dreams about nightly.

  2. Titanic metaphor here. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Nevermind the fact that a new update for Win 10 causes 'total freezing' and MS doesn't know how to fix it yet. Nevermind the fact that Win 10 forces updates on you with no option to refuse an update. Nevermind the fact that most (as in more than 50%) of former Windows users will not go anywhere near Win 10 due to the forced updates, removal of plaintext search to force Cortana usage and the high degree of likelihood that Win 10 is literally sending everything you type to MS for permanent storage.

    It's going to have HoloLens support! Woooo!

  3. SJW'ing Editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    "...at her disposal..."

    In an effort to be "inclusive," you've found a way to be exclusive in the other direction. Just say "their."

    captcha: rewrites