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Microsoft’s Hololens lasts up to 5.5 hours on battery, FOV may improve

Microsoft began allowing developers to experience its augmented reality headset, the HoloLens in the company's flagship store in New York City recently. While developers can experiment with different tools, Microsoft has been tight-lipped on details such as retail, pricing, and battery life.

However, at a recent event in Tel Aviv, Microsoft's Bruce Harris shared some details. The information comes from a video that has now been removed but has been widely reported on since, in which Harris says that the Hololens should last around 5.5 hours on battery life though that can be reduced to 2.5 hours under intensive scenarios.

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Talk then turned to the field of view, which is actually quite narrow on the Hololens in its current form, much narrower than we were initially led to believe during on-stage presentations throughout last year. You can see the FOV in the image above but Harris describes this as being similar to watching a 15-inch screen from two meters away.

Since the Hololens is still in the development stage, we may see the FOV slightly improved but for now, Microsoft isn't really focussing on that. The Hololens development kit is currently available to approved developers though it will still cost them $3000.

KitGuru Says: The Hololens seems like an awesome device but that field of view is a tad disappointing. That said, I haven't actually had any hands on with the device so it may not be so bad in use. What do you guys think of the Hololens? Would you use one? 

 

 

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4 comments

  1. That is disappointing…out of all the VR tech this was the most promising for full blown flight sims like DCS that you build cockpits with all the switches for. (Not obscuring the switches whilst giving us a 360 ingame view)

  2. this is AR not VR its a completely different ballgame, its only competitor is really google glass.

  3. Even after these many years, the smartphone battery which does 2d Displays does not last longer. Like smartphone, this is also standalone computer.

    what is disappointing? 5.5 hours / 2.5 hours /FOV? Check the video. He has explained the reasons. FOV can be increased but the manufacturing costs will go from 3,000$ to 15K and the battery consumption will be down to 30 minutes. When the automobiles were invented, they did not have highways and did not run 200km./hr. tech takes time.

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