Abstract background image of digital squares

HoloLens

Article cover image
Nov 22, 2016

The US Department of Education has put together a competition called the EdSim Challenge with a $680,000 purse to facilitate next-gen education. The event calls upon augmented and virtual reality, as ...

Article cover image
Nov 21, 2016

If you've ever been inspired to try out 3D modeling after enjoying computer-generated imagery in video games and movies, chances are you've checked out an paid applications like 3ds Max (previously ca ...

Article cover image
Nov 18, 2016

Windows Insiders running Build 14971 of Windows 10 in the Fast Ring can now look for the "Windows Holographic First Run" app to check to see if their PCs are up to the task of running Windows Holograp ...

Article cover image
Nov 18, 2016

Want to go to Seattle and meet the Actiongram team?To go along with the new fantasy theme pack for Actiongram, a HoloLens app for incorporating 3D characters into home movies, Microsoft has announced ...

Article cover image
Nov 15, 2016

It's no surprise that the Microsoft Kinect can provide far better motion tracking than the HoloLens currently can on its own, but at least one developer didn't want to wait for the company's own event ...

Article cover image
Nov 12, 2016

Video game emulation has saved arcade and console classics from obsolescence, and that wonderful hobby has found its way onto the Microsoft HoloLens—with some three dimensional upgrades, of course.If ...

Article cover image
Nov 12, 2016

Sure, sites like SeatGuru can show you which seats are the best—but in a 2D graphical form that doesn't really show you what the plane actually looks like inside and out. Aircraft Explorer contains 3D ...

Article cover image
Nov 10, 2016

Visualization is one of the obvious commercial applications for technology such as Microsoft's HoloLens. The ability to see the assets of a project in different scales—from micro to larger-than-life—w ...

Article cover image
Nov 5, 2016

In recent weeks, Unity has made a few great leaps forward for HoloLens development. These new features will increase iteration speed inside Unity and quickly increase the output of applications in the ...

Article cover image
Oct 29, 2016

As people experiment with mixed reality software, we're seeing applications that cover the entire spectrum of human interest. Anything that can exist in the physical world has a place in the holograph ...