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In the news | CNET

Forget that galaxy far, far away. Microsoft’s Holoportation looks better than anything a droid could project. (If you don’t mind the headgear.) Watch Update below for a look at what it takes to transport yourself to another room as a…

In the news | Mirror

Microsoft has made Star Wars-style holographic communication possible with its new HoloLens. The technology giant is yet to release the HoloLens as its technology experts continue to experiment with what it is capable of doing. But this latest feature has…

In the news | Engadget

Microsoft Research shows off how HoloLens can bring distant family members into your living room. Last June Microsoft showed off its HoloLens tech that created holograms from live video. Now it’s putting that into practice and giving it an official…

In the news | VentureBeat

You can do a lot of impressive things with HoloLens, Microsoft’s augmented reality (AR) headset. But there’s a new thing Microsoft Research’s Interactive 3D Technologies (I3D) team has developed with the HoloLens, and, uh, it’s crazy.

In the news | The Verge

Microsoft sure seems to be having a ton of fun with HoloLens while the rest of us wait for it to stop being a research project and become a real thing that we can purchase and use. But in the…

In the news | Mashable

Microsoft’s HoloLens has delivered some pretty cool imagery in recent months, but many are still wondering what practical use they’d have for the device on a daily basis. Microsoft may have just answered that question by showing off its HoloLens-powered…

In the news | ZDNet

Microsoft Research is working on a 3D communications technology that simulates teleportation using the HoloLens augmented-reality glasses that it has dubbed ‘Holoportation.’ Since Microsoft first took the wraps off its HoloLens mixed reality goggles, the company has demonstrated a number…

In the news | Gamasutra

Want to meet people around the globe — in your own room? New AR technology can allow for it, as Microsoft demonstrates in a video. The video embedded above shows cool new HoloLens tech from Microsoft Research, which can create…

In the news | Gizmodo

Holoportation is now a thing, so start slapping everyone in arm’s distance to make sure they’re real. This new technology by Microsoft Research uses 3D motion capture and Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality hardware to “holoport” people from one place to…