JUNE 1, 2016 12:01 AM
Opening Windows Holographic to Partners for a New Era of Mixed Reality
ByTerry Myerson/ Executive Vice President, Windows and Devices Group
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Today at Computex, I joined Nick Parker and Alex Kipman on stage tocelebrate incredible devicesfrom across the Windows ecosystem – from PCs to gaming to IoT and beyond – and to share how the upcomingWindows 10 Anniversary Updatewill bring all new innovation, creating opportunities for modern computing devices.
The big news in our presentation today was a look forward to the future of computing, where the physical and virtual worlds intersect in all new ways, and create further scale for the Windows platform.
We’ve been on an incredible journey with Windows 10 to deliver more personal computing, where you interact with your devices as naturally as you interact with the world around you, your experiences travel with you, and designed from the ground up with security in mind.With over 300 million active devicesalready running Windows 10, we’re off to a great start.
Today we focused on the next frontier – mixed reality. Providing devices with the ability to perceive the world, breaking down the barriers between virtual and physical reality is what we call mixed reality. Imagine wearing a VR device and seeing your physical hands as you manipulate an object, working on the scanned 3D image of a real object, or bringing in a holographic representation of another person into your virtual world so you can collaborate. In this world, devices can spatially map your environment wherever you are; manipulating digital content is as easy and natural as picking up a box or sitting at a table; and you can easily teleport into your next meeting or travel together as a team.
The market for virtual reality devices is expected to be 80 million devices per year by 2020. However, many of today’s devices and experiences do not work with each other, provide different user interface
Opening Windows Holographic to Partners for a New Era of Mixed Reality
ByTerry Myerson/ Executive Vice President, Windows and Devices Group
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Today at Computex, I joined Nick Parker and Alex Kipman on stage tocelebrate incredible devicesfrom across the Windows ecosystem – from PCs to gaming to IoT and beyond – and to share how the upcomingWindows 10 Anniversary Updatewill bring all new innovation, creating opportunities for modern computing devices.
The big news in our presentation today was a look forward to the future of computing, where the physical and virtual worlds intersect in all new ways, and create further scale for the Windows platform.
We’ve been on an incredible journey with Windows 10 to deliver more personal computing, where you interact with your devices as naturally as you interact with the world around you, your experiences travel with you, and designed from the ground up with security in mind.With over 300 million active devicesalready running Windows 10, we’re off to a great start.
Today we focused on the next frontier – mixed reality. Providing devices with the ability to perceive the world, breaking down the barriers between virtual and physical reality is what we call mixed reality. Imagine wearing a VR device and seeing your physical hands as you manipulate an object, working on the scanned 3D image of a real object, or bringing in a holographic representation of another person into your virtual world so you can collaborate. In this world, devices can spatially map your environment wherever you are; manipulating digital content is as easy and natural as picking up a box or sitting at a table; and you can easily teleport into your next meeting or travel together as a team.
The market for virtual reality devices is expected to be 80 million devices per year by 2020. However, many of today’s devices and experiences do not work with each other, provide different user interface