Microsoft HoloLens 2 release date could be just weeks away

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The next edition of Microsoft's augmented and virtual reality headset, HoloLens 2 will go on sale as early as next month, a company executive has suggested.

Speaking at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Microsoft's head of AI and research, Harry Shum, said a launch was coming soon.

HoloLens 2 was unveiled by Microsot back at Mobile World Congress in February, but the company had not disclosed any information about release dates until now - although there's still no exact date or pricing information available.

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Hololens 2
In the six months since MWC, Microsoft has remained fairly tight-lipped about its plans for HoloLens 2, preferring to concentrate on fine-tuning the device that was shown off in Barcelona by CEO Satya Nadella.

The company did open pre-orders for HoloLens back in May at its Microsoft Build conference, as well as revealing a HoloLens 2 Development Edition to help developers get a head-start on creating news apps and services for the device.

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The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will cost $3,500 (about £2,600, AU$4,900) to buy outright or developers can choose to pay $99 per month with Microsoft's installment plan.

The Development Edition does not include any special hardware or different features from the retail version of the HoloLens 2 but instead includes $500 in Azure credits as well as a three-month trial of Unity Pro and Unity PiXYZ plugin to help bring engineering renderings into Unity.

Much like its predecessor, HoloLens 2 will look to target businesses and enterprise customers, and features both a lighter build and improved hardware.

This includes an upgraded view system, with Microsoft employing a 2K MEMS (or microelectromechanical systems) display to allow a larger field of view that is now 52-degrees, beating the original’s 34-degree option. It’s also no longer in a 16:9 aspect ratio, allowing your augmented reality view to be taller.

Microsoft also revealed that Unreal Engine 4 support for HoloLens 2 will be available by the end of May, potentially meaning greater gaming and VR support.

Microsoft is also opening an open app store, allowing developers to create their own marketplaces for content, and will support all web browsers - not just Edge. Firefox is the first big partner to sign up, with its new browser offering available on HoloLens 2.

 

[FuturePAF]

Military applications are already envisioned. This would be good for commanders down to squad leaders in the Pak Army and Frontier Corps, to coordinate and defend both the eastern border, the fence line on the western border, and the internal threats that need to be quickly identified and neutralized such as the BLA and TTP.

Source: https://vrscout.com/news/us-army-100000-microsoft-hololens/

 

[Yaseen1]

Military applications are already envisioned. This would be good for commanders down to squad leaders in the Pak Army and Frontier Corps, to coordinate and defend both the eastern border, the fence line on the western border, and the internal threats that need to be quickly identified and neutralized such as the BLA and TTP.

Source: https://vrscout.com/news/us-army-100000-microsoft-hololens/

Our enemies also have access to this technology so it will require much better training to use them to compete with others

This is a tactic to destroy cellphone market as china is leading it but person wearing these glasses seems much awkward than person holding a mobile phone.I not think it will become successful as it is only visible to person wearing hololens and is false feeling due to lack of real sensation of holding things in your hand .

 

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Military applications are already envisioned. This would be good for commanders down to squad leaders in the Pak Army and Frontier Corps, to coordinate and defend both the eastern border, the fence line on the western border, and the internal threats that need to be quickly identified and neutralized such as the BLA and TTP.

Source: https://vrscout.com/news/us-army-100000-microsoft-hololens/

The US Military signed a big contract with Microsoft.
Basically one of the things you can do is generate a battle scenario on the fly to train troops. They run around seeing virtual enemy troops and tanks.

 

[FuturePAF]

Our enemies also have access to this technology so it will require much better training to use them to compete with others

This is a tactic to destroy cellphone market as china is leading it but person wearing these glasses seems much awkward than person holding a mobile phone.I not think it will become successful as it is only visible to person wearing hololens and is false feeling due to lack of real sensation of holding things in your hand .

Its not virtual reality, its Augmented reality. You see the real world, but with overlays of data to allow you to better coordinate a fight. For example, a shot detector and a UAV locate the position of enemy fire from an enemy force closing on your outpost. you see it highlighted on the screen. You are leading a mortar team on this moving target. The drone passes you the information in real time, and you make corrections to your mortar fire. more accurate fire, less mortars need to be used, and effective fire will make the enemy run away or be neutralized. all with standard mortars but coordinated with an augmented reality headset and UAV/Shot detector sensors elsewhere on the battlefield.

Spotting an enemy drone that maybe used to coordinate an attack on Pakistani forces, needs to also be countered effectively with standard weapons (like a MG-3 or a heavy sniper rifle) but smart coordination. A Hololens type system could do the job if linked with a EO/IR sensor.

 

[Yaseen1]

Its not virtual reality, its Augmented reality. You see the real world, but with overlays of data to allow you to better coordinate a fight. For example, a shot detector and a UAV locate the position of enemy fire from an enemy force closing on your outpost. you see it highlighted on the screen. You are leading a mortar team on this moving target. The drone passes you the information in real time, and you make corrections to your mortar fire. more accurate fire, less mortars need to be used, and effective fire will make the enemy run away or be neutralized. all with standard mortars but coordinated with an augmented reality headset and UAV/Shot detector sensors elsewhere on the battlefield.

Spotting an enemy drone that maybe used to coordinate an attack on Pakistani forces, needs to also be countered effectively with standard weapons (like a MG-3 or a heavy sniper rifle) but smart coordination. A Hololens type system could do the job if linked with a EO/IR sensor.

They are also susceptible to cyber attack and electronic warfare if used again proper army with advanced technology.Its software is made by u.s company so they know how to hack it at any time and make it useless.I think in longrun it is much better to go for indigenous technology for such equipment

 

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Its not virtual reality, its Augmented reality. You see the real world, but with overlays of data to allow you to better coordinate a fight. For example, a shot detector and a UAV locate the position of enemy fire from an enemy force closing on your outpost. you see it highlighted on the screen. You are leading a mortar team on this moving target. The drone passes you the information in real time, and you make corrections to your mortar fire. more accurate fire, less mortars need to be used, and effective fire will make the enemy run away or be neutralized. all with standard mortars but coordinated with an augmented reality headset and UAV/Shot detector sensors elsewhere on the battlefield.

Spotting an enemy drone that maybe used to coordinate an attack on Pakistani forces, needs to also be countered effectively with standard weapons (like a MG-3 or a heavy sniper rifle) but smart coordination. A Hololens type system could do the job if linked with a EO/IR sensor.

You could theoretically implement a "wall-hack" type pf view of the battlefield

 

[FuturePAF]

They are also susceptible to cyber attack and electronic warfare if used again proper army with advanced technology.Its software is made by u.s company so they know how to hack it at any time and make it useless.I think in longrun it is much better to go for indigenous technology for such equipment

Hololens is just one company's augmented reality visors. Pakistan will look for cheaper and more secure systems, if it chooses to procure such a system. Microsoft is the one company that no one should by defense equipment from. they have more holes then swiss cheese when it comes to security.

You could theoretically implement a "wall-hack" type pf view of the battlefield

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Can you please elaborate, I'm not sure I understand.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Can you please elaborate, I'm not sure I understand.

In 1st person video games the game engine knows the exact location of all your opponents on the map. However in the interest of realism it only draws enemies if you can "see" them with your "eyes". Knowing this hackers tap into this information and ALWAYS draw enemy players on the screen as "ghost" shapes overlayed on what you see on the screen (augmented reality). That way you have a very unfair advantage. You can basically wait around a corner of a building watching somebody approaching your position and be ready to blast them the second they walk around the corner.

Overlaying player locations in your view using augmented reality.

Doing something along these same lines (obviously not anywhere near as good as what can be done in a videogame) could give you an advantage. You release a swarm of AI drones over a battlefield which are constantly scanning the ground and relaying facts (such as enemy locations) to your headset.