"today is the day...holograms become a reality on Windows 10"
Microsoft always calls it 'Holographic Computing' (session details, demos, et al) and not HoloLens.... It's about platform, not just the device.
Kuto Sunuda (co-creator of HoloLens)
March 30, 2016 will start shipping to our retail partners and developers.
Showed the retail box. Pretty big deal. The team is all emo :P
Project "Share your idea" on applications we can build for HoloLens e.g. project Explorer. Only took 6 weeks.
All the code will be available on GitHub.
Demo of Project Explorer.
Kuto and Alex Kipman actually hugged as they announced that HoloLens will be shipping starting today. Big moment for them.
Sizzler real ended. Good stuff. Kind of crazy that holographic computing is actually a thing now.
Kipman mentioning partners for HoloLens and holographic computing.
lots of partners on screen
Discussing the medical school that uses HoloLens and proof of concept has moved into production.
Folks on stage to talk about HoloLens and using holographic computing to teach medicine.
Big endorsement for sure.
Demo of anatomy using holograms
Now showing how holograms can explain the nervous system.
remote teaching using hololens
very scripted demo, but effective.
Now on to NASA and HoloLens.
sizzler reel with NASA and HoloLens rolling highlighting collaboration.
Destination Mars and NASA are here. Devs here will be able to try it out.
"HoloLens starts shipping today"
"join us and help us create this new reality"
"the progress is nothing short of spectacular"
...another HoloLens sizzler reel. Kind of inspiring. Good mix of visuals and music
(they're setting up more hardware on stage, meanwhile)
Satya summarizing what we just saw.
