Microsoft_HoloLens

SEMINAR ONMicrosoft HoloLens

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Kiran Kumar

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Contents• Introduction• Microsoft HoloLens Hardware• Holographic Processor• What is a Hologram?• Why We Need Hologram?• Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality• How Microsoft HoloLens Works?• Working Demo of Microsoft HoloLens• Holograms in Windows 10• SDK’s for Microsoft HoloLens• Objective of Microsoft HoloLens• Pros and Cons• Conclusion• References

Introduction

• Microsoft HoloLens is a smart glass unit that is a cordless, self-contained computer powered with Windows 10.

• It is completely untethered – no wires, phones, or connection to a PC needed.

• It is the world’s first Holographic Computer .

Microsoft HoloLens

Microsoft HoloLens Hardware

HoloLens comes with a large number of sensors, including a depth sensor to accurately map your environment and read your hand gestures, and a photo and video cameras to share what you see with others.

Holographic Processor

In addition to a CPU and a GPU. The third chip, is the Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) that Microsoft invented specifically for the HoloLens.

More About Processor

• HPU, a custom coprocessor by Microsoft which efficiently processes and integrates data from the various sensors, handling tasks such as spatial mapping, gesture recognition, and voice and speech recognition.

• CPU and GPU are based on Intel’s Cherry Trail Atom chip. The. Cherry Trail is small, fast and includes a lot of features that can easily fit into the HoloLens

What is a Hologram?

A hologram is an object like any other object in the real world, with only one difference: instead of being made of physical matter, a hologram is made entirely of light.

Why We Need Hologram?

We’ve made incredible advances in the technology but still constrained with the ways computers recognize our commands through mouse clicks or by touching a screen. Using holograms, you can pin your digital content, such as apps, information, and even multi-dimensional videos, in the physical space around you, so you can interact with it in the same ways that you interact with other physical objects.

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

• Augmented Reality(AR) or mixed reality is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real world.

• With AR, the user sees a layer or screen of data that overlays the real world.

• With Virtual Reality(VR) the user is completely immersed in a computer-generated reality, or virtual world.

How Microsoft HoloLens Works?

• Microsoft Hololens is an Augmented Reality(AR) headset powered with windows 10 means HoloLens is a computer on your head.

• Once you power on the device, there are a number of cameras facing out that scan the area and collect as much data as possible and the advanced sensors will be sending the information to the HPU(Holographic Processing Unit) which will process the information and a project layer of the data laid over real world.

Working Demo of Microsoft HoloLens

Holograms in Windows 10

• Windows 10 is the first platform to support holographic computing with APIs that enable gesture and environmental understanding.

• With Windows 10, holograms are Windows universal apps, and all Windows universal apps work as holograms.

• Holograms in Windows 10 will lead to entirely new ways for us to communicate, create, and explore.

SDK’s for Microsoft HoloLens

• Microsoft HoloLens runs on Windows 10, so developers building on Windows 10 will already know how to build for Microsoft HoloLens from a platform perspective.

• Visual Studio and the Unity 3D Framework are the used to develop applications for Microsoft HoloLens.

Objective of Microsoft HoloLens

• Main Objective of the HoloLens is to project, manipulate, and annotate virtual objects (holograms) within your physical environment.

• Microsoft expects HoloLens to be made available "in the Windows 10 timeframe“.

Pros and Cons

Pros: Work in more innovative environment. Completely Untethered .

Cons: It will be fairly expensive. Size of the Headset.

Conclusion

• TBD

References

1. Alex Kipman, Seth Juarez (30 April 2015). Developing for HoloLens. Microsoft.

2. Alex Kipman, Darren Bennett, Mark Griswold, Satya Nadella (29 April 2015). BUILD Keynote 2015. Microsoft Production Studios.

3. Davies, Chris (1 May 2015). "HoloLens hands-on: Building for Windows Holographic". SlashGear.

4. Colaner, Seth (30 April 2015). "Microsoft HoloLens, Hands On: Promising Productivity, Little Panache". Tom's Hardware.

5. Hachman, Mark (1 May 2015). "Developing with HoloLens: Decent hardware chases Microsoft's lofty augmented reality ideal". PC World.

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