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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At her disposal

[Anonymous Coward]

So only women are interested in augmented and virtual reality?

There is a reason English has the gender neutral word "their" which would be appropriate in this instance.

Re: At her disposal

[Anonymous Coward]

Why dost thou you me, do I look plural to thee?

Re: At her disposal

[ArmoredDragon]

Technically it is only supposed to be plural, and about 50 years ago anybody who read what you were writing likely would have been confused. It's only recently that "their" came to both mean "multiple people, possessive" in addition to "single person, unspecified gender, possessive".

It actually doesn't make any logical sense to write it this way instead of simply using "he" or "his" as the default pronoun, like what many other languages do, and is yet another inconsistency that contributes to the English language being extremely hard to learn as a second language.

But, this has been done all throughout the history of English as there's no central grammar Nazi authority similar to what other major world languages often have, so the language typically changes a lot in seemingly illogical ways.

We've also done a similar thing with "they" and them", i.e turning what's logically supposed to be a third person plural word into a third person singular word.

Re: At her disposal

[PolygamousRanchKid]

But, this has been done all throughout the history of English as there's no central grammar Nazi authority

Apparently, you have never met my 7th grade English teacher.

Re:At her disposal

[Applehu Akbar]

So only women are interested in augmented and virtual reality?

There is a reason English has the gender neutral word "their" which would be appropriate in this instance.

By the rules of Corpspeak, descriptive text like this must contain a precisely equal mix of male and female pronouns. The mix must be randomized, with a male pronoun being required if your presentation contains an example of bad protocol by a user. You want your next call to a meeting to be from HR?

Not fooled, sorry!

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows 10 is a trojan horse and you can paint it up as pretty as you like, but it's still full of used condoms.

other purported features

[nimbius]

hololens is being included as an incentive to drive the switch to windows 10, literally the best windows ever until we release windows 11 suppository edition. But, did you know? we've included many more features critical to your enjoyment of windows and definitely worth upgrading to...for example:
Windows mobile rotisserie: slowly roast a glazed ham from your cellphone and your desktop? sure, it used to be impossible before but not with windows 10!
windows xbox live cloud productivity pack:windows 10 and xbox with azure cloud are now better than ever with new titles like excel warrior 2016 and pivot tables for Halo. Imagine doing spreadsheets on the moon as a space marine? well now you can live the dream!
Microsoft Steve Ballmer for Hololens: Experience the wonder of hololens as narrated, driven, and commentated by a live, sweat soaked, and slightly bloated former CEO of our once proud company! Did i hear somebody say developers?
Cortana integration for Windows 10 Skynet mobile cloud We couldnt say no to this one if we tried! literally! as part of cortanas decision to begin absorbing most of the HR department, we've included a self replicating version complete with a detailed file on human anatomy and an absolutely insatiable drive to end the human race! its all part of the best windows experience yet, with windows 10!

Re:other purported features

[thegarbz]

You've gone for funny but hit insightful. Microsoft is including the frigging kitchen sink in Windows 10 without actually creating any features that help productivity, and the kitchen sink has holes in it.

I mean yeah you integrated a PDF reader into your internet browser. Now how come on your premier product, which is a tablet, I can't draw on that PDF and save it? I mean there's other software to do it, but I understand it was far more important for your tablet to have the ability to connect to a 3D printer than it was to be able to make use of the pen.

And your new Settings panel is nice (in an artist throws up on a canvas calling it art kind of way) but it would be nice if there were actual settings in it. Admittedly I rarely go into it, but when I do I typically find myself redirected to the control panel or some other area outside. So what's the point? At least I can actually have a conversation with my PC now and it allows me to swear at Cortana directly. Oh wait, you programmed abuse out so there's literally no use for Cortana on the desktop now.

Re:other purported features

[Applehu Akbar]

" Windows 10 Skynet mobile cloud "

The good thing about this is there is no chance that will become self-aware.

Silliness....

[VAXcat]

This is silly,. Why would they add features to the PC interface that won't be available on my Windows Phone? If I can't use the same interface on both, I'm just not interested.

Re:Why?

[pla]

"Support", "able", "include", and "allow" do not mean "required".

Currently, I have no need or desire for one of the current gen of overpriced headache-inducing 3d headsets; when I finally decide to try one, however... Y'know, I'd kinda like it if the OS natively supports it without needing to hunt down a million and one drivers and registry tweaks.

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.

Re: User authentication

[Anonymous Coward]

Gives a completely new meaning to "Please insert the USB dongle and wait for a connection".

Re:What happended to slashdot?

[rl117]

There's a difference between "hating change" and being uninterested in over-hyped junk with no practical relevance. And yes, I've been to a demo of the HoloLens and seen it in real life. It was crap and even the rabid fanatic doing the demo couldn't make it work properly during his demo. That's Microsoft software again! Make one that actually works well, as well as actually solving problems I have, and I might start to get interested. But right now, it's nothing more than a toy trying desperately to provide solutions to problems which people don't have. It lacks purpose, in addition to being a mediocre implementation of the concept. Having been reading slashdot for nearly 20 years now, I think it's certainly fair to say I've become less susceptible to hype. Lots of stuff has been hyped over the years and come to nothing. Most of it was crap. I don't hate change, I just don't have interest in over-hyped useless crap anymore. Let it establish itself, and then I might get interested if there's worth in it. I'll leave the rabid fanaticism to others.