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 melling on Sunday February 24, 2019 @04:19PM (#19240673)

I don’t want to use a keyboard and a mouse. Can we move past that too?

In fact, I’d like to get past being tied to a desk.

In this article on HN a few days ago, Stephen Wolfram had a laptop strapped to himself so he could work while on walks. We would all benefit getting away from our desks a little more often.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19220889

Direct link to Wolfram’s blog:

https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-producti...

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by AndrewKemendo on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:07PM (#19240920)

I love how he just causally has an Iridium satphone.

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by sbr464 on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:43PM (#19241113)

Iridium side note -- I was testing a RockBlock (rock7) recently. They are really easy to use, ~$200. Awesome that this stuff is getting more approachable.

http://www.rock7mobile.com/products-rockblock

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13745

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by AndrewKemendo on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:14PM (#19248442)

Interesting.

It's $180 for the module then $11/mo and $12 for 100 credits (5kb of data transfer). So to get up and running would be $312 a year for what would be at most a location beacon (6B per 24 digit location transfer).

Not at all unreasonable for how much of an offline system this is.

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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by sbr464 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:13PM (#19260538)

I agree. What’s interesting is that it’s compatible with most devices/libraries (arduino etc), compared to using a consumer level garmin device with sms/data functionality that requires a contract (to be affordable at least).

Also, even though location info is typically the main feature, I believe it’s included automatically in the msg envelope (a kind of satellite caller id), which means you can use that more expensive bandwidth for your own requirement, while still getting the lat/lon metadata.

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