Giant Bomb: HoloLens' final version will keep limited field of view, says Microsoft

[Legend]

Giant Bomb: HoloLens' final version will keep limited field of view, says Microsoft - NeoGAF

Microsoft enjoyed one of the most talked-about moments of E3 when it showed off Minecraft running on the upcoming HoloLens augmented reality hardware. The demo featured a bit of smoke and mirrors — the reality is far from the seemingly huge field of view shown in the demo — and it looks like the final version of the hardware won't be much better.
 "The hardware isn't final so none of the things are completely done," Microsoft executive Kudo Tsunoda said during a video appearance on Giant Bomb. "I think you're never going to get to full peripheral field of view, but certainly the hardware we have the field of view isn't exactly final. But I wouldn't say it's going to be hugely noticeably different either."

 

SOURCE: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/18/880...-field-of-view
 SOURCE: Giant Bomb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=Pjh1Uo_xaSQ
 

[Legend]

[Legend]

[Dr. Pezus]

lol that's a crud FOV

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

lol that's a crud FOV

They says it's like holding an ipad at arms length and looking through the world that way. Sounds really stupid.

[7H3]

That can't be the fov... That is lame

[Aura7541]

No way... That's really bad FOV.

[kitler53]

They says it's like holding an ipad at arms length and looking through the world that way. Sounds really stupid.

but think of the gameplay possibilities...

...you're being shot at by an alien hiding behind an invisible wall and you need to use your alien detection glasses to find out which direction your being shot from in order to correctly duck, cover, and shoot back.

...you're playing hide and go seek with a gnome hiding behind an invisible wall and you need to search the room to find out where he is hiding.

...it's easter and you're searching for eggs hiding behind invisible walls.

...there is a maze of invisible walls and you have to find your way to the end.

...your room is full of ghosts that only appear when you look directly all them through your magic ghost detecting glasses.  also there are invisible walls.

epic.

[7H3]

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This would be better for 3d enhancements in games

[kitler53]

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This would be better for 3d enhancements in games

i see what you're saying there.  play tomb raider.  put on hololens to see lara with bigger bosom.

sold!!

[7H3]

LOL i meant more for purposes of action popping out of the game or AR GUI type things

[Legend]

To be fair, hololense would be great for theme parks.