Introducing the Microsoft Virtual Boy: Hololens
The highlight of Microsoft’s Windows 10 conference this morning, besides the reveal that we get 10 for free, was the surprise demonstration of Microsoft’s take on the second wave of attempts at virtual reality. Project Hololens is the name of a proposed set of VR glasses that, unlike the other attempts at VR, does not entirely close you off from the world. Like a cross between Oculus Rift and Google Glass, Hololens projects virtual elements onto real objects you look at, allowing you to interact with them. It’s a more advanced version of the Augmented Reality trick available with the 3DS. We were all wondering what Microsoft planned to do with Minecraft. Now everything makes sense. The demo video showed a man virtually blowing up his living room wall and opening up a Minecraft world through the hole. He was shown playing in his living room with thousands of virtual blocks, creating cities and valleys and mountains with his hands. If I was eight years old, the sight of this