{"id":340684,"date":"2017-05-12T01:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1488329"},"modified":"2017-05-12T01:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:06:02","slug":"microsofts-hololens-will-come-to-china-later-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/microsofts-hololens-will-come-to-china-later-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens will come to China later this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HoloLens<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s advanced \u201cmixed reality\u201d headset will launch in China later this month. The device, which started shipping to developers\u00a0in the U.S. and Canada last year and has since expanded to nine countries in total, which China soon becoming the tenth.<\/p>\n

While some pundits expected that Microsoft would launch a new version of the HoloLens at its Build developer conference this week, it doesn\u2019t look like that\u2019s happening.The current version of the HoloLens started shipping to developers last March\u00a0and it first demoed it long before that. The current version still suffers from a limited field of view, though in my experience, that actually becomes less of an issue the longer you use it.<\/p>\n

Instead of announcing a new version, though, the company put the focus on the more VR-like \u201cmixed reality\u201d headsets from partners like Acer. It also showed off a reference design for its mixed-reality controllers.<\/p>\n

For Microsoft, building this ecosystem of mixed-reality applications and devices is currently a major priority. As Microsoft\u2019s Alex Kipman noted in his Build keynote today, Microsoft wants Windows 10 to be the best operating system for mixed reality, and Microsoft is investing heavily in supporting VR, AR and mixed reality in its flagship operating system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" HoloLens, Microsoft’s advanced “mixed reality” headset will launch in China later this month. The device, which started shipping to developers\u00a0in the U.S. and Canada last year and has since expanded to nine countries in total, which China soon becoming the tenth.
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