Next-Gen HoloLens Adds AI Capabilities – Geek

Microsofts next-generation HoloLens virtual reality headset will come with an AI chip.

The tech titans custom silicon aims to save time by analyzing data directly on the device, without uploading it to the cloud first.

For consumers, that means a faster VR experience without losing mobility.

Were in the business of making untethered mixed reality devices. We put the battery on your head, in addition to the computer, the sensors, and the display, Marc Pollefeys, director of science at HoloLens, wrote in a blog post. Any computer we want to run locally for low-latency, which you need for things like hand-tracking, has to run off the same battery that powers everything else.

With that in mind, Redmond this week revealed that the second version of its Holographic Processing Unit (HPU)responsible for processing information from the HoloLens onboard sensorswill incorporate an AI coprocessor.

This is just one example of the new capabilities we are developing for HoloLens, Pollefeys said. This is the kind of thinking you need if youre going to develop mixed reality devices that are themselves intelligent.

Mixed reality and artificial intelligence represent the future of computing, and were excited to be advancing this frontier, he added.

During Mays Microsoft Ignite conference, CEO Satya Nadella laid out his plan for artificial intelligence, which he likened to the arrival of books and the Web.

It is about your passion, your imagination, and what you can do with technologies that we create, he told the audience, as reported by TechCrunch. We want to democratize AI just like we brought information to your fingertips.

HoloLens smart glasses launched last year, promising rich developers users an augmented reality, in which you see the real world around you, as well as projections powered by a modified version of Windows.

And while some consider the technology dignified, while others worry it makes the wearer look like a huge creepy dork.

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