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Digital Life Goes Live with Microsoft's HoloLens

During its recent Windows 10 Conference, Microsoft showcased its HoloLens prototype.  According to one attendee, PC Magazine's Dan Costa, 

HoloLens is (an) augmented-reality headset that allows you to mix the virtual world with the real world. Put on the headset and the glass screen can project a digital overlay on top of the physical world. It can be as simple as a Skype window or as complex as a 3D model of a jet engine.

While I think the technology is phenomenal, HoloLens' ability to create 3D models using its companion 3D modeling program, HoloStudio, excites me the most. Costa witnessed a Microsoft engineer create a koala equipped with a rocket pack.  And I mean witnessed; he could actually watch what the designer was seeing - and creating - on HDTVs stationed nearby.  Reportedly, the engineer "walked around the hologram, grabbing tools from a holographic control panel, and then used a combination of voice and gestures to build and shape the koala."  

And it didn't stop there... dozens of 3D prints designed using HoloStudio and then manufactured on a 3D printer were on display.

Other product capabilities include interactive holographic gaming and Skype - which allowed the other party to see and interface with what the caller was viewing - imagine Technical Support walking, not talking, you through a fix.  The press corp even got a bonus "out-of-this world" experience when the HoloLens 'transported' them to Mars - where they were able to roam the landscape accompanied by a virtual tour guide.

Imagine the possibilities.  Design could be truly interactive and collaborate.  And dare I say possible for even the less tech savvy among us.