It is rumored that Microsoft had a virtual reality headset in the pipeline, and that the company would make the presentation at the conference of 21 January 2015 devoted to Windows 10. Despite the leaks, Microsoft managed to surprise the audience by presenting a complete 3D ecosystem HoloLens with his helmet and Windows Holographic system. The Redmond giant goes beyond a simple virtual reality headset and he tried to to imagine a new interface and new uses that combine both the real world and virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AV).
After the Windows tower 10 and its new functions (voice assistant Cortana, new browser presented as the Project Spartan, the Xbox app with streaming options to PCs and tablets), Microsoft announced a "one more thing "with the presentation of Windows Holographic and HoloLens helmet.
HoloLens is not a virtual reality headset to the Oculus Rift or Sony Morpheus in the sense that it's not closed. The HoloLens is "open" with a transparent visor. The user keeps in touch with the outside world. The concept is to use the real world and enrich it,to interact, modify it with what Microsoft calls "holograms". They are a mix of virtual reality and augmented reality.
Interface for a future hyperconnected according to Microsoft.
The HoloLens helmet is an autonomous system that has no strings attached. No need for a computer it would be connected, smartphone or other device. Microsoft's helmet is a full computer system that integrates computing processor, chip computing and display, audio system, wireless connection (Wi-Fi) a display system and a set of sensors and cameras. Microsoft operates by his experience in the motion recognition gained with Kinect for the user appears in the real world enriched unreal and can act there.
