Microsoft reveals HoloLens Holographic Processor specs

[HEXUS]

The 'HPU' is a custom designed 28nm coprocessor with 24x Tensilica DSP cores.

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[jigger]

£8 million quid?

[eviling]

Kinda low battery life, but if its easy to change batteries, then its ok.

Hoping this is more affordable than the VR headsets.

[excalibur1814]

"a battery life of 2 to 3 hours and weighs 579g"

I'd imagine that, after an hour, you'll want to be sick so 3 hours is pretty cool.

[Kato-2]

"a battery life of 2 to 3 hours and weighs 579g"

I'd imagine that, after an hour, you'll want to be sick so 3 hours is pretty cool.

Mixed reality* devices don't suffer from the flaws of VR, you can use Hololens for as long as it has power with no ill effects.

* MR is currently the term being banded about for devices like Hololens and Magicleap to separate them from AR even though they are just an extension of that.

Hololens has huge potential, not only as a standalone device but as an actual display companion to your PC so you can actually use it for serious tasks like cad, photoshop, medical and industrial applications.

MR devices are going to be the next big thing not VR, it's why Apple has been going around quietly buying up AR tech as they fear Hololens/Magicleap so they are most definitely building their own.

For all the hype around Magicleap they are doing a fully custom computing environment through their MR device in other words their own Windows/OSX which is a very brave thing to do in this age, wether it pays off is hard to say they probably will just get bought out by bigger fish.