Tickdoc
12-27-2016, 07:28 AM
no, really. My engineer bro-in-law brought his favorite Christmas present to town:
the Hololens.
http://compass.xboxlive.com/assets/0f/eb/0feb7a56-f8c1-45e1-a412-a7edf8141f4e.jpg?n=Microsoft_Hololens_1200x630.jpg
A fully contained microsoft based computer you wear on your head like a visor.
It uses voice and finger gesture controls to help you do crap and such. You feel a little like the guys from the kids in the hall squishing things with your fingers, but it was entertaining:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/7a/7c/2c7a7c87b247d9b6e7fbc1f96a089f80.jpg
He uses for 3-d modeling (cad-cam guy) but I got to use it to squish virtual bugs with lasers that were crawling out of the walls of my mother's den. (God, I hope that's all he uses it for.)
It will be really neat in a few years, but for now it is in it's advanced infancy.
All those sic-fi shows over the years ( think holodeck from Star trek and minority report combined) had it right and wrong in so many ways.
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/e/eb/Riker_Jungle_Holodeck_2364.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120425001847&path-prefix=en
After a round of hunting aliens, I returned to the safety and comfort of my iPad with a curmudgeonly grunt. I will not go lightly into this brave new world.
the Hololens.
http://compass.xboxlive.com/assets/0f/eb/0feb7a56-f8c1-45e1-a412-a7edf8141f4e.jpg?n=Microsoft_Hololens_1200x630.jpg
A fully contained microsoft based computer you wear on your head like a visor.
It uses voice and finger gesture controls to help you do crap and such. You feel a little like the guys from the kids in the hall squishing things with your fingers, but it was entertaining:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/7a/7c/2c7a7c87b247d9b6e7fbc1f96a089f80.jpg
He uses for 3-d modeling (cad-cam guy) but I got to use it to squish virtual bugs with lasers that were crawling out of the walls of my mother's den. (God, I hope that's all he uses it for.)
It will be really neat in a few years, but for now it is in it's advanced infancy.
All those sic-fi shows over the years ( think holodeck from Star trek and minority report combined) had it right and wrong in so many ways.
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/e/eb/Riker_Jungle_Holodeck_2364.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120425001847&path-prefix=en
After a round of hunting aliens, I returned to the safety and comfort of my iPad with a curmudgeonly grunt. I will not go lightly into this brave new world.