We just tried the company's new hologram gadget HoloLens.
It was a demonstration that was equal parts really awesome and really weird.
We were struck right away by how different this device is from Google Glass. HoloLens is about getting specific tasks done.
Upshot: the HoloLens is the future, but not one that’s coming any time soon.
Walking through a blueprint
We tried HoloLens at the Microsoft's developer's conference, Build, going on in San Francisco this week.
The 15-minute demo paired HoloLens with architectural modeling software SketchUp. (Irony not lost here. SketchUp was developed by Google and sold to Trimble Navigation in 2012.)
With the glasses on, we could take an object on our screens and drag it off screen where it became a 3D hologram. With a mouse, we could change the size, color of the object – in this case the object was a model of a building.
In part two of the demo, we could go into this building, listen to and leave voice recorded notes for the architect.
Instead of looking at a paper blueprint, we saw where a new doorway was being designed and could look behind the walls to see where the plumbing and pipes were.
We controlled the device by moving our heads to direct our gaze, with voice commands and with a few simply hand gestures, namely the "air click." The air click was exactly how it sounds, extend your ands and move your index finger, like clicking on a mouse.
HoloLens was untethered – no wires, although there was a Windows 10 PC in the room controlling it, operated by someone else.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-glass-hands-on-2015-4#ixzz3YsmtMryc
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