Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset for the factory

Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by daeken on Sunday February 24, 2019 @02:24PM (#19240100)

I used the HL1 as my full-time computer for a while. The display itself was actually fine -- the text rendering was great, so it worked out well. The issues were 1) software (I built an app called VNCaster that was a decent implementation of VNC, but you were restricted to working within that window, which kind of killed a lot of the benefits), 2) FOV (way too small), and 3) comfort (it got uncomfortable quick -- 2-3 hours was about my cap).

I think that with the HL2, many of these are going to go away. I can't speak to the comfort, but I know that the first two are now non-issues for me.

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by andybak on Sunday February 24, 2019 @03:00PM (#19240270)

Be wary of HL1 and HL2 as abbreviations. I'm already on a hair trigger hoping for HL3 (Half Life that is...)

It's only a few characters and you saving typing breaks my Ctrl+F and web search. :-)

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by daeken on Sunday February 24, 2019 @03:03PM (#19240286)

Fair point, thanks!

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by therein on Sunday February 24, 2019 @04:02PM (#19240596)

FOV was the main problem in my opinion as well. If that's taken care of, it will be significantly more impressive than the first HoloLens.

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