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

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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Did it occur to them that no one wants them?

[HBI]

Who the hell wants to wear a set of oversized, crappy glasses while playing a game, while wanting to vomit half the time? You'd think the whole 3D waste of time with movies would have taught someone something about these supposed "improvements".

Re:Did it occur to them that no one wants them?

[zlives]

development takes time, Microsoft development takes time after enough time has passed after a fad fades. just give them time to replace the faded ceo first.

Re:Did it occur to them that no one wants them?

[Anonymice]

Have you even seen the HoloLens? It's not for fully immersive Virtual Reality, it's for Augmented Reality - overlaying HUDs & such over your normal vision. And not in the shitty not-actually-AR/VR way that the Google Glass was.
And as it's not full VR, it can forgo all of the physical bulk & high-end GPU requirements, and isn't nearly as susceptible to the "uncanny valley" problem.

For real day-to-day use, I dare say that the HoloLens is the most interesting thing I've seen yet.

Re:Did it occur to them that no one wants them?

[Trogre]

Back in the early 90's, Wolfenstein 3D made a lot of people want to vomit too, because it was much more immersive than any *popular* game that came before it. And then people got over it.

Speaking as someone who actually enjoys 3D movies, partilcularly high frame rate 3D movies where you can actually track moving objects and scene pans, I have no problem wearing glasses if it leads to a more immersive experience.

Of course, I won't be buying into HoloLens specifically, as I do not purchase Microsoft products.