VR Week: What Windows 10 means for VR and AR

By Dan Griliopoulos

Introduction

Microsoft’s competitors have multiplied suddenly. Back in Bill Gates’ heyday, it only had to worry about IBM and then Apple – and neither of them became big threats to its core OS-bundling business.

But as that market has shrunk and faded, rivals have come to attack every part of the company’s business – and Microsoft’s response has been as varied and sclerotic as its leadership.

The VR business is no different, and the company is trying as many different things as it can to keep itself with a toehold in relevance. We explore what Windows 10 means for virtual and augmented reality.

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HoloLens

Microsoft has its own augmented reality program, dubbed Hololens. Powered by a miniature Windows 10 computer inside the headset, it’s a wire-free system for seemingly projecting objects into the real world, like an holographic system, but taking account of the world’s 3D structure and working with it.

The killer demo that several technology journalists witnessed was of Minecraft, Microsoft’s newest purchase, running in miniature on a tabletop in a lounge while a full version of the game ran on a screen nearby. The …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming