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Home > News > Microsoft’s HoloDesk Puts Virtual Objects in Users’ Hands

Microsoft’s HoloDesk Puts Virtual Objects in Users’ Hands

October 21, 2011 by Leland Flynn

The video below shows a demonstration of an experimental system called HoloDesk. It’s being developed by the Sensors and Devices group at Microsoft. The system allows a user to simply interact with 3D objects that are projected onto a beam splitting surface, a basic webcam is used for head tracking so that objects are persistent realative to the user, and the ever-present Microsoft Kinect is used for depth tracking and user input. The video itself gives a few examples of possible use cases for the tech such as rapid prototyping, games, etc. I would really be interested in seeing something like this combined with glasses-free 3D and some sort of haptic feedback gloves. I think the haptic feedback at least would be a big deal as it would make things a bit more immersive and give the user a better idea of the physical boundaries of the virtual world they are looking into.

For more in-depth info hit this link to check out the MS Technet blog post.

Very neat stuff! I get all excited every time I see interesting virtual UIs like this! Let me know what you guys think about this and definitely hit me up with any of your own innovations on this concept!

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D, kinect, virtual reality

About Leland Flynn

Leland is an Associate Editor for GeekBeat, a tech enthusiast, board member of the Dallas Makerspace , gamer, maker/DIYer, and writes a blog called this 8-bit life . He currently works as a Data Center technician and freelance IT consultant. Follow him on twitter: @thetanktheory or on Google Plus

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