Microsoft Hololens

[Mormolyce]

Google Glass failed; utterly and completely and in every way. There are no useful apps, the built in functionality is minimal at best, the battery level is atrocious, and the cost ridiculous. I'm curious to see how Microsoft will do.

You know it's still in the prototype phase right?

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I'm sure the guy with almost 10k posts on a video game fan site has done loads to make the world a better place.

IKR? What a jerk.

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The innovation is certainly nice but I hope it will find mostly professional uses and stays out of the concumer market as much as possible.

I fear it will make people turn inward even more than smartphones.

[Zeramas]

I'm sure the guy with almost 10k posts on a video game fan site has done loads to make the world a better place.

I could not agree more, though i'm wondering about his contributions to the earth ?

[Reeve]

The Hololens is for porn
The Hololens is for porn
Why you think the 'Lens was born?
Porn Porn Porn

[Annoying]

Nice strawman. But there's actually a sense of community involved in sportsball.

Whereas you can be the best deeps in the top world of warcraft raiding guild on the planet and still not ever come within 10 miles of anybody who gives a fuck about that fact.

And that's really what the gist of the modern entertainment industry has become, lol. Have some vacuum sealed mass produced waste of time that you'll do this with


While the people who made millions of dollars off people like you are out buying up every inch of the fucking world so that they can eventually put a premium on the air you breathe.

GG. GG.

EDIT: The worst part is that your complacency fucks everyone over and not just yourself. Which makes people like you the worst kind of garbage littering this planet.

Nice strawman. I don't play WoW, but you know. I don't play video games much at all, either. Oh, and those people who "made millions" off people "like me". I'm working my way up to being one of them. You know, software developer and all. Hilariously enough, there are people who make millions off the sportsball people, too. It's almost like people have different hobbies, and value the time they spend on those hobbies. Almost like we're "wasting time" on this forum right now, while some are "wasting time" analyzing and chatting about who's going to win the superbowl, while some are "wasting time" watching TV, while some are "wasting time" working on their cars while some are...

Almost like... gasp... "something I'm not interested in anymore" doesn't make a hobby worthless or a waste of time.

Also, thanks for calling me garbage. I'm sure you know me and all.

[isuridedes]

You know it's still in the prototype phase right?.

Meaningless. Pretty much every hobby of Google's is listed as 'beta' in perpetuity. And it's not a prototype when you're selling it (granted by invitation only) at $1,300 per unit.

[teddytous]

Microsoft advertising is there own worst enemy sometimes. That is the most blatant overhyping I've seen in a while, and there's no way there actual product will live up to anywhere near that.

I actually love the idea, the tech, and have been waiting for years for a viable product for AR. But don't out and out lie to people to try and sell it.

[Fencers]

I don't want to play Minecraft in "VR".

[zorkuus]

I don't want to play Minecraft

Fixed, for me.

[Shuji V2]

This is nice and all, but I honestly doubt that Microsoft is able to realize this project. The amount of development time needed, resources, money and 3rd-party support to lift this thing off the ground would be massive. Then we'd also need to factor in the consumers and business' need for wearables and we have the nail in the coffin. Sadly the market for wearables is still relatively small and not as fast growing as the smartphone market used to.

So I don't see it happening any time soon. The market isn't ready for this yet.