Are HoloLens 2 halfway there? Alex Kipman talks improvements

The HoloLens 2 were presented at the MWC 2019 in Barcelona. The time for speculation and rumors about what they could offer is over. An improvement over the previous evolution that has left many cold, who expected more innovation A bigger leap in this second generation of HoloLens.

In fact, it may be this feeling of certain disappointment that has led Alex Kipman himself to surprise in some statements in which he refers to the HoloLens, but with an improvement that everyone expected and in the end it has remained in the inkwell.

A watered-down evolution?

And it is that when many rumors had indicated that the HoloLens 2 would offer a much wider field of vision, we found an improvement that in the end had not been translated into reality and this despite the fact that HoloLens 2 have hardware that can enable this enhancement

It was in a statement made to the Australian Financial Review. HoloLens 2 enable eye tracking, as they have a gaze tracking sensor that allows you to interact with holograms in an even more natural way. However, still lack full capability and have rendering glitches that mar the experience and immersion.

An enhancement that Kipman confirmed will not make it to this generation of HoloLens 2 and we will still have to wait a few years to see this enhancement implemented on a hypothetical HoloLens 3.

The goal with this second generation HoloLens was to increase the vision capacity, something they have achieved by almost doubling what the HoloLens 1 offeredGlasses in which the comfort of use has also been improved by achieving a more balanced center of gravity in which the use of carbon fiber has collaborated, a new mechanism to put the device on without the need to readjust it and a new system of fit that makes it more comfortable to wear for hours.

We must also remember that the HoloLens 2 integrate a display system that promises even more realistic holograms They have managed to double the field of vision vision while maintaining the holographic density of 47 pixels per degree of vision by adding improvements to the display engine and direct manipulation of holograms.

They have improved with authentication through iris recognition, making it easier for multiple users to share the device in one way faster and safer and have opted to use integrated Artificial Intelligence, which allows you to manipulate holograms directly with the same intuitive gestures that we use to interact with physical objects in the real world.

HoloLens 2 will be available this year for $3,500 in a first batch that will reach a limited number of markets such as They are the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Australia, and New Zealand.