Microsoft Hololens
New Jersey Utility Uses Augmented Reality to Visualise Underground Infrastructure
vGIS, a new geographic information system (GIS) visualisation platform from the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) partner Meemim, is being used to view underground...
Microsoft Affirms New HoloLens Headset is in Development
Despite some reports last year suggesting that Microsoft may have discontinued HoloLens, the company has affirmed its work on a new version of the...
Microsoft Expands HoloLens Availability, Hard Hat Option Coming Soon
Despite HoloLens being now almost two years old, Microsoft isn't showing any signs of slowing down its plans for the AR headset. Today the...
Microsoft to Expand HoloLens Availability to 29 More European Markets in December
Microsoft announced at their at Future Decoded conference in London that HoloLens, the company's augmented reality headset, will be expanding its international availability to include all of...
“Future Halo experiences” Coming to Windows VR Headsets, Microsoft Says
Microsoft today announced that 343 Industries, the studio tasked with overseeing the Halo franchise, will be creating Halo-themed experiences for the company's lineup of VR headsets.
The...
Microsoft Patents Wand-Like Augmented Reality Controller
Microsoft's HoloLens already has a physical input device, the HoloLens Clicker, but in a recently published patent, we may be getting a peek into...
HoloLens 2.0 to Put a Custom A.I. Chip at the Heart of Its On-board...
Microsoft has undoubtedly been working on the next version of HoloLens, the company's AR headset, but now we know a little more about what's...
VFX Master Phil Tippett Brings His Grotesque Creations to HoloLens in ‘HoloGrid: Monster Battle’
Game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio, the production firm founded by stop-motion guru Phil Tippett, has launched HoloGrid: Monster Battle (2017) on Microsoft’s HoloLens...
‘Echelon’ AR Board Game is Like Star Wars ‘HoloChess’ for HoloLens
Created by Helios Interactive, Echelon is a multiplayer board game played on Microsoft's HoloLens that, as an proof of concept, gives us a look...
‘Legion’ HoloLens Experience Coming to San Diego Comic-Con
FX TV series Legion (2017) is getting an immersive, mixed reality experience powered by Microsoft's HoloLens, and it's coming to this year's San Diego Comic-Con on...
Microsoft: “Holiday 2017 is Going to be Phenomenal”, E3 to See More Mixed Reality...
Microsoft Technical Fellow and chief inventor of HoloLens, Alex Kipman, took the stage today at Microsoft Build 2017 to show off a number of upcoming...
Acer & HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset Dev Kits Now Available for Pre-order Starting...
Today Microsoft announced that developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets from the...
‘CyberSnake’ for HoloLens is a Reimagining of the Classic ‘Snake’ in AR
Developer Lucas Rizzotto has created CyberSnake, a free game for Microsoft HoloLens. As explained in the game's launch video (above), the game is inspired...
HoloLens ‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Concept Video Shows AR as a Perfect ‘Second Screen’ for...
Augmented reality is conceptually so broad, there's almost no limit to what you could imagine doing with the technology. But rather than throwing out the...
Fan-Made Pokémon Battle System Offers Glimpse into Augmented Reality’s Future
Pokémon GO isn't exactly what we'd call augmented reality—based on the game's (and smartphone's) lack of computer vision and environmental mapping—but fans of the megalithic...
