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Holoportation brings Star Wars-style holograms to life
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 creates real Star Wars holograph so people can be in two places at once
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
‘Holoportation’ demo makes live-video holograms look easy
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
Microsoft’s ‘holoportation’ with HoloLens is blowing my mind
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 | Mashable
Microsoft HoloLens delivers ‘Star Wars’ holographic message we’ve been waiting for
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
How Microsoft’s HoloLens could change communication via ‘Holoportation’
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
Microsoft demos ‘holoportation’ 3D presence tech with HoloLens
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
It’s 2026 and Anyone in This Room Could Be a Hologram
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…
In the news | TechRadar
Microsoft introduces the world to ‘holoportation’
While teleportation is still in the realm of science fiction, Microsoft has introduced “holoportation” – a 3D, real-time hologram of someone who is a world away, but still interacts with you. It’s a newly revealed project coming out of Microsoft…