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Microsoft’s hologram system adjusts image display to its surroundings

MAY 22, 2015
Physics Today

MIT Technology Review : Microsoft’s HoloLens combines a video studio with 100 cameras, processing software, and a headset with sensors that detect the surroundings of the wearer. The result is a photorealistic holographic display that is projected into the user’s present reality; the headset wearer can interact with the images as if they were solid and real. The headset uses sensor systems to determine how to fit the images to the user’s surroundings. This approach is different from most other virtual displays, which block off the outside world. The images can also be presented on two-dimensional displays, and users can interact with them via touchscreens. Microsoft is trying to determine how to reduce the cost of the recording studio to make it more accessible.

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