ECCV 2016 Daily - Wednesday

Microsoft HoloLens Marc Pollefeys Partner Director of HoloLens Science, Microsoft There was a long queue yesterday in front of the Microsoft demo booth. It was just natural to ask Jamie Shotton of Microsoft what was going on. ECCV Daily: What are you doing here at ECCV, and why are there so many people in front of your booth? Jamie: We are demoing the world’s first, fully- untethered holographic computer, the Microsoft HoloLens . We are allowing participants at the conference to come in, put the HoloLens on their heads, look through, and see the future of mixed reality. ECCV Daily: I understand that people are very impressed by what they see. What is the feeling that they have when putting on the HoloLens? Can you explain it? Jamie: You put it on, and this whole new world pops into your vision. You can see objects that aren’t really there in the real world, but they float out there in front of you. You can move around them, look at them, and interact with them. This is augmented reality. It is already on the market as a developer edition, and it has a price for developers. We’re super excited about this! Demos 15 ECCV Daily: Wednesday