Neowin News Feed for: Holographic

You can now grab 3D holograms with your bare hands for real, there is no trickery

Sayan Sen — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:46:01 +0000

Science researchers develop floating 3D holographic visuals you can see and physically interact with, and it is completely real. Read more...

Microsoft says next holographic processor for HoloLens will include a custom AI coprocessor

Andy Weir — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that the next version of the holographic processing unit in its HoloLens headset will incorporate a custom-designed AI coprocessor, which is now in development. Read more...

SketchUp aims to transform industrial design using holograms with new Microsoft HoloLens app

Andy Weir — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 17:31:19 +0000

Microsoft and Trimble have announced SketchUp Viewer, a mixed reality version of the popular 3D modelling tool SketchUp, created for HoloLens, and aiming to transform design in a range of industries. Read more...

Microsoft reveals the processor that makes HoloLens magic happen

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has taken the wraps off of its mysterious "holographic processing unit", which powers the company's HoloLens. The impressive custom-built processor is very powerful, but also very expensive. Read more...

Microsoft makes huge play for virtual reality; opens Windows Holographic to all devices

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:36:01 +0000

Microsoft unveiled major plans at Computex earlier today. The company is opening up its Windows Holographic platform, which powers HoloLens and wants it to be adopted by OEMs like HTC and Oculus. Read more...

Microsoft HoloLens: The future starts here

Andy Weir — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 09:34:01 +0000

It's easy to dismiss HoloLens as a gimmick, a bulky device with poor battery life, or worse. But doing so is short-sighted, and ignores the massive potential of Microsoft's augmented reality headset. Read more...

Actiongram for HoloLens allows you to create your own holographic skits

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:18:02 +0000

Microsoft is introducing a new app designed for HoloLens, that allows users to embed holograms into the real world and share their creations. It's also an example of what devs can do on the platform. Read more...

Microsoft finally shows the HoloLens' real field of view

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:18:25 +0000

For the first time ever, Microsoft is showing the public what the HoloLens' real field of view actually is. This is part of a video highlighting the device's possible applications in education. Read more...

Microsoft develops HoloLens content using a Holographic TV Studio

Nirave Gondhia — Mon, 25 May 2015 05:12:01 +0000

The Microsoft HoloLens is the most futuristic virtual/augmented reality device on the market but how do you create content for the next-generation device? Why, with a holographic TV studio of course!! Read more...

Autodesk bakes HoloLens support into Maya

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:54:01 +0000

Autodesk, the company behind Maya, has announced that it's planning to support Microsoft's upcoming HoloLens device. Models designed in Maya will show up seamlessly on HoloLens. Read more...

iPad 3 concept isn't real, but looks truly awesome

Andy Weir — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:40:15 +0000

Apple announces its new iPad 3 this week, and it'll probably be great - but not quite as amazing as the iPad concept in a new video, featuring a 3D holo-display and projected controls for gaming. Read more...

Holographic Discs Set for Next Year

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:15:02 +0000

The first holographic discs, jointly developed by InPhase Technologies and Hitachi and capable of storing up to 300GB per disc, will go on sale in late 2006. The technology is capable of theoretical... Read more...

Optware to Release 1$ 30 GB Holographic Card

Steven Parker — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 10:29:56 +0000

Star Trek type technology isn't that far off, 2006 to be precise. Who would of thought that in the late nineties the very same type of data discs carried by the crew of Voyager would... Read more...

Company claims holographic disk breakthrough

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:48:22 +0000

InPhase Technologies reckons it can squeeze 200 gigabits on a single square inch of optical disk. This company showed off its holographic prototype at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas this... Read more...

Inphase Technologies unveils holographic drive prototype

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:24:38 +0000

Holographic data storage developer Inphase Technologies has launched the world's first prototype of a holographic storage drive. The prototype is the foundation for Inphase's family of Tapestry holographic drives, with data capacities that range from... Read more...

New holographic discs look like a DVD but hold a terabyte

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:34:08 +0000

Optware Corp., the developer of Collinear Holographic* Data Storage System, announced today that it had achieved successfully world's first recording and play back of digital movies on a holographic recording disc with a reflective layer... Read more...

Atomic Holographic NanoTechnology Sets Pace for the Future

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:48:44 +0000

3D Atomic Holographic Storage Colossal Storage Corporation has dominant patents the first patents issued in any field that details a totally new concept for a Ultra-Violet/Deep Blue Laser integrated semiconductor R/W Head used for... Read more...