Though Microsoft has had trouble keeping up with the demand for HoloLens 2, the company has been able to supply modified headsets to the US Army. Now, newly revealed images from the US Army show exactly how the HoloLens 2 is being used during training exercises as the military puts the headset through its paces. Don't Miss: Airbus Previews Military Sandbox App for HoloLens The impetus for the weaponized headset's most recent public appearance comes courtesy of a live demonstration of an augmented reality training program, which places virtual enemy combatants in an empty room as soldiers... more

The HoloLens 2 hasn't even reached most of the market, but it's already a big-time TV star. Microsoft's augmented reality device made its primetime debut on FOX TV last night on an episode of the hospital drama The Resident. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get But instead of a lightweight, throwaway cameo of the device, it turns out that the HoloLens 2 figured as a major plot device during the episode's pivotal moment of drama. The episode, titled "Out For Blood," featured a patient undergoing a cerebral bypass, surrounded by a... more

Less than a month after the worldwide launch of HoloLens 2, call center consultant BellSystem24 has already prepared an augmented reality solution for one of its clients. This week, the company unveiled a call center virtualization solution, developed for coffee machine maker De'Longhi Japan Corp., which uses the HoloLens 2 to display virtual product models rendered via DataMesh's 3D technology and delivered using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. Don't Miss: Watch Trimble Give the Microsoft HoloLens 2 the Elon Musk Tesla Cybertruck Smash Test, Sort Of Dubbed the Call Center Work Style... more

Everyone seems to be talking about Elon Musk's new futuristic Tesla Cybertruck, the vehicle that either looks like a cool moon rover or an outlandish video game replica, depending on your tastes. That's why it's no surprise that early HoloLens 2 partner Trimble decided to join in the fun by giving its customized version of the HoloLens 2 the same tests Musk gave his hyped electric vehicle. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get If you saw the Tesla event, you know this is dangerous territory, as at least one of the durability tests... more

The long wait is over — the best augmented reality device on the planet is finally available. Update #2, Friday, 12:45 p.m. ET: Yesterday's Microsoft HoloLens 2 announcement was welcome news for many but still left some eager developers scratching their heads in confusion as to the actual availability of the device. Over the past 24 hours, I managed to track down some sources to clarify a few things. Bottom line, yes, the HoloLens 2 is indeed "available" to all comers, but actually receiving one may take a bit of patience. Microsoft is prioritizing its existing partners and major... more

With the imminent arrival of the HoloLens 2 expected any day now, Microsoft is preparing new users to take advantage of its software from day one. This week, Microsoft uploaded a series of tutorial videos to its YouTube channel for Dynamics 365 Guides, an enterprise AR app that enables companies to author step-by-step AR workflows, or guides, to walk employees through complex tasks and then measure performance to improve processes. Don't Miss: Microsoft Adds Spatial App Functionality to Office 365's Teams App, Android & Web Interaction Demoed The Guides app was originally unveiled alongside... more

Microsoft has unveiled practically every detail of the HoloLens 2 except for when eager developers and enterprise customers can expect to receive the device. Well, now that cat is out of the bag. Don't Miss: Airbus Previews Military Sandbox App for HoloLens While recent developments hinted that the AR headset would arrive soon, Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft's artificial intelligence and research group, confirmed to Reuters that the HoloLens 2 will "go on sale" in September. Shum was a featured speaker at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai when he... more

As Microsoft works toward fulfilling its $480 million contract to supply modified HoloLens 2 headsets to the US Army, Airbus is preparing to supply advanced augmented reality apps for the device. On Thursday, the Airbus Defence and Space unit published a video demonstrating the capabilities of its Holographic Tactical Sandbox tool for augmented reality headsets. Don't Miss: BAE Systems Uses HoloLens to Create AR Command Interfaces Straight Out of 'Minority Report' for British Royal Navy Designed to work with the Airbus Fortion TacticalC2 application, the software enables military officers... more

We know that Microsoft's HoloLens 2 is due to start shipping later this year, but despite the trickle of news about the device, we still don't know when. Now, a new set of documents on the Federal Communications Commission website confirms we probably won't have TOO much longer to wait. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get In the filing posted on the FCC's website on Friday, a collection of documents details Microsoft's registration of a product that includes "a radio transceiver device with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac MIMO radio... more

With HoloLens 2 (hopefully) just around the corner, Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be providing any major operating system updates to the original HoloLens. The HoloLens 1 was released back in 2016, which feels a bit like ancient history in the ever-evolving world of spatial computing. Ever since the HoloLens 2 announcement earlier this year (though it's still only available for pre-order), the HoloLens 1's days were numbered. Don't Miss: Startup Human Capable's 'Norm Glasses' AR Smartglasses Are Like Google Glass in a Regular Pair of Shades However, Microsoft isn't... more

When you're trying to pioneer a brand new category of technology, sometimes it's not enough to just have great tech. You also need to be able to tell a great story. You need to be able to capture the imagination. Along those lines, a new Microsoft HoloLens 2 promotional spot set in Japan does just that, providing a minimalist setting in which the possibilities around the HoloLens 2 are a little more apparent. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get The brief spot was first shown at the annual de:code event in May. In the video, we're... more

It's always great to see a company pull off a bit of augmented reality magic, but what we see is not always what it's cracked up to be. Thankfully, as one of the few who has actually used the Microsoft HoloLens 2, I'm fairly certain that this latest demonstration is an accurate representation of what we have in store when using the device. What's the magic this time? Your own AR clone with the ability to speak another language. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get The dynamic was shown off by Julia White, Microsoft's senior vice... more

NASA is going going to Saturn's moon Titan, and the space organization is using augmented reality help them do it. The team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has been working for years to get its robotic probe mission to Titan approved, and just days ago, the mission was finally given the green light. • Don't Miss: Microsoft's Live HoloLens 2 Apollo 11 Demo Didn't Take Flight, but You Can See It Thanks to Unreal Engine's Video You've never heard of Titan? You don't know why this is important? Well, here are a few things you should know. First, Titan, which is... more

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is so impressed with the boost in productivity it has gained from Microsoft's HoloLens, the company will begin offering augmented reality software to its customers. On Monday at the Paris Air Show, Airbus announced that it will begin selling off-the-shelf applications, including training, remote collaboration, and maintenance solutions, that the company has built through its own experience with the AR headset. "HoloLens 2 was born from the inspiration that it be designed for the customer, by the customer," says Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft, in a... more

A major software tool first promised during the reveal of the HoloLens 2 earlier this year is finally available. Native support for Unreal Engine 4 has arrived for the HoloLens 2 via early access on GitHub (login required). Don't Miss: Microsoft's Live HoloLens 2 Apollo 11 Demo Didn't Take Flight, but You Can See It Thanks to Unreal Engine's Video Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney first announced the coming development on stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, but it was at last month's Build conference where the world truly got a good look at some of the possibilities... more

The potential of augmented reality is often shown in science fiction movies, but a new exhibit marries the genre with very real-world AR technology, to great effect. "Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy" is a new exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the best part of the display, called Worlds Reimagined, uses the HoloLens 1. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get The exhibit, which is being supported in part by Microsoft and Audi, takes fans into the film worlds of the Marvel... more

On Monday, the Microsoft Build conference kicked off, showcasing a series of demos that went off without a hitch — except for one big one. At the start of the show, the company was meant to show off the capabilities of the HoloLens 2 by highlighting a look at the historic Apollo 11 mission as an augmented reality story. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get Space historian Andy Chaikan and ILM's John Knoll took to the stage to narrate the immersive demonstration, but it just didn't work... more

Months ago, we showed you some of the powers of Spatial, the HoloLens app that allows groups of workers to collaborate in augmented reality using 3D avatars. On Monday, the company boosted its profile by taking the stage at Microsoft Build to show off its new integration into Microsoft Teams, a workplace chat application that some might compare to Slack. Don't Miss: Hands-On with Spatial's Remote Meeting App on Microsoft HoloLens The demo was flawless, as Spatial co-founder Anand Agarawala opened a laptop using the Teams app to get things started. Everything looked like a standard Teams... more

Much of the excitement around the HoloLens 2 has moved on to many wondering when we'll finally be able to get our hands on what is now the best augmented reality device on the market. In the meantime, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new package called the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, which comes bundled with a couple of valuable software add-ons from Unity, as well as an opportunity to save some cash on your Azure usage. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get "With the original HoloLens, Unity was the number tool people used... more

Describing how and why the HoloLens 2 is so much better than the original is helpful, but seeing it is even better. Back in February, I had a chance to test the HoloLens 2 for a couple of extended periods, and I was very impressed. But I didn't have much in the way of first-person footage to show off what it looks like while using the HoloLens 2. Well, now we have a great piece of first-person footage that illustrates just how powerful an update the HoloLens 2 is. Don't Miss: HoloLens 2, All the Specs — These Are the Technical Details Driving Microsoft's Next Foray into Augmented Reality... more