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Microsoft shown a new version of their Hololens AR glasses. This time they look like glasses. Amazing looking technology.
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When Google introduced the Google Glass, one of the major objections was their appearance. With detractors calling them ‘clunky’ and ‘dorky’ and other unflattering epithets. Though technology has moved on, the aesthetics of augmented reality (AR) headwear is still a problem for many people. Microsoft is seeking to tackle this problem with its new prototype AR glasses.
Unveiled with surprisingly little fanfare was a prototype of a new design of AR glasses that look much like an ordinary pair of black, thick-framed eye glasses, a far cry from the high-tech but bulky appearance of the HoloLens.
The prototype design formed part of a paper written by Microsoft researchers Andrew Maimone, Andreas Georgiou and Joel Kollin which describes a technique called digital holography which is used in the prototype. The researchers are expected to talk about their work in more detail at the Siggraph conference in Los Angeles in August 2017."
https://www.vrfocus.com/2017/05/microsoft-reveals-ar-glasses-that-look-like-regular-spectacles/
