Demos by nature are carefully aimed at razzling and dazzling attendees. But after years of exposure to jazz handing, I’ve developed an automatic immunity to it. Even as impressive as sessions with devices like Oculus’ Crescent Bay virtual-reality prototype have been, I’d yet to experience a flash of genuine awe when sampling virtual-reality and augmented-reality tech.
So I was surprised when I donned Microsoft’s newly announced augmented-reality HoloLens headset right after Wednesday’s Windows 10 press conference. As I stood on a 3D representation of Mars stitched together from photos taken by the Curiosity Rover, I found myself thinking: “I’ll never get to actually set foot on this planet during my life, but I’m getting a taste of what it would be like. Right now. On earth.”
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