Windows Mixed Reality

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Windows Mixed Reality
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Information
Type Augmented Reality
Subtype Optical head-mounted display
Developer Microsoft
Operating System Windows 10
Devices Microsoft HoloLens
Website https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us

Windows Holographic is a Augmented Reality Software Platform incorporated in Windows 10 operating system. It utilizes Microsoft HoloLens, an OHMD, to project Windows 10 apps and other high-definition digital imageries or holograms onto real life objects. Holographic allows users to interact with these virtual objects through gaze, gestures and voice commands.

Features

  • All Windows universal apps can become holograms. Holograms can be 2D (a TV or another screen) or 3D (a real object).
  • Users can interact with holograms. Gaze, gesture and voice are supported input methods.
  • The OHMD is mobile, untethered to your PC or another device.

Hardware

Microsoft HoloLens

Apps

Windows 10 Apps

Developer

Windows Holographic API is incorporated in all devices running Windows 10, even tablets and smartphones.

History