Microsoft HoloLens 2
| Microsoft HoloLens 2 | |
|---|---|
| Basic Info | |
| VR/AR | Augmented Reality |
| Type | Head-mounted display |
| Subtype | Integrated HMD |
| Platform | Windows Mixed Reality |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Release Date | 2019 |
| Price | $3,500 |
| Website | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens |
| Predecessor | Microsoft HoloLens |
| System | |
| Operating System | Windows Holographic OS |
| Storage | |
| Display | |
| Resolution | 2k 3:2 light engines |
| Image | |
| Optics | |
| Optics | See-through holographic lenses (waveguides) |
| Tracking | |
| Tracking | 6DOF, World-scale positional tracking |
| Rotational Tracking | Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer |
| Audio | |
| Audio | microphone array of 5 channels, built-in spatial sound |
| Camera | 4 visible light head tracking, 2 IR eye tracking |
| Connectivity | |
| Connectivity | WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5, USB-C |
| Power | USB-PD for fast charging |
| Device | |
| Weight | 566g |
| Input | Hands, Eyes |
Contents
Introduction
The Microsoft HoloLens 2 is a next-generation, augmented reality headset built for enterprise workers who use their hands and can't benefit from phones, tablets, or computers in the same way that other industries can. Microsoft is targeting corporations like auto shops or factory floors to re-imagine the work environment.
The HoloLens 2 has both hand and eye tracking capabilities. Hand tracking includes simplified gestures compared to the original HoloLens thanks to 25 points of articulation on each hand. Eye tracking includes the ability to pinpoint something with your eyes and verablize commands for actions to take, like closing a browser. Eye tracking is new to the HoloLens line. With a camera, the device can also scan your retina to authenticate you into the platform.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/18235460/microsoft-hololens-2-price-specs-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019 There are other noteable improvements to the HoloLens 2 compared to the HoloLens. Not only can can it map the space you are in (spatial mapping), but it can understand the objects around you, like knowing that is a couch or a desk (semantic understanding of space). One reviewer noted it was more comfortable and easier to gesture, as well. The HoloLens 2 comes with a larger field of vision, though it's still significantly limited.
compared to predecessor:
more comfortable, large field of view, easier gestures, better detection of real-life objects, more accurate hand tracking
new: Azure Kinect sensor, an ARM processor, eye-tracking sensors, and an entirely different display system
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/18235460/microsoft-hololens-2-price-specs-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019
memory of device - remembers where your browsers are, saves annotations on objects in your world
Release and Pricing
Purchase from Microsoft Store, Insight, or SHI.
Hardware
In the Box
- HoloLens 2 device
- Carrying case
- Overhead strap
- Microfiber cloth
- Charger
- USB-C cable
Specs
- HPU: Second-generation custom-built holographic processing unit
- Memory: 4-GB LPDDR4x system DRAM
- Storage: 64-GB UFS 2.1
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hardware#
Setup Tutorial
must have microsoft account dial at the back optional top band magnetic brow band
Input Devices
hands eyes
Accessories
HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset - Red https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/hyperx-cloud-ii-gaming-headset-red/8pc2qjgpp29z
Apps
Dynamic 365 Guides, will be a mixed reality app with templates to create instructions for repairing real-world things
Azure Remote Rendering that lets the HoloLens offload some compute load to the cloud. It exists because the HoloLens 2 can only store and render a limited kind of detail for something like a 3D render of an engine locally. With Remote Rendering, some of the detail can come in real time from the cloud, so it displays potentially infinite levels of detail, allowing you to model and interact with the smallest parts of a holographic machine
Azure Spatial Anchors. It lets you pin holograms to real places in the world
Microsoft Mesh, a technology promising a way to beam people into the same shared virtual space, shows amazing promise. https://www.cnet.com/news/hands-on-at-home-with-microsofts-hololens-2/
