Microsoft's HoloLens receive the first major update adding a good handful of new features

They haven't hit the market (generally) and Microsoft's HoloLens are generating a lot of buzz for all the possibilities they offer. And the company is still committed to having a top 10 product when it comes out, so it continues to work hard on them.

This way from Redmond they have released the first major update for the development version of the HoloLens. An update that, together with the correction of bugs, logical in a product still in the development phase, adds a large number of new features that will delight developers who have applications for the brand new glasses in process.

If you are one of the lucky owners of a HoloLens and want to check the availability of the update you must follow the following path Settings=> Updatesand once inside check if there is any pending update.

And having said all this we are going to know what are the improvements and novelties that have been introduced with this update:

• You can now browse, upload, and download files through the Windows Device Portal. The Documents, Pictures, and Local Storage folder can be accessed from any application loaded or developed with Visual Studio.
• Improved video display as 2D applications no longer display the navigation bar or cursor when playing a video in full screen.
• HoloLens emulator now supports signing in with a Microsoft account
• Multitasking improvements and can now run up to three UWP apps at the same time.
• Added new voice commands. Look at a hologram and say “Face Me”. Change the size by saying “Bigger” or “Smaller”. Bring up an app in front of you saying “Hey Cortana, move here”.
• The navigation application can be hidden with 2D applications such as when viewing photos.
• To unify the experience with your computer and mobile device. Multiple instances have been enabled in the browser. New tab page with custom layout for HoloLens, moving between tabs and opening new windows, including a performance improvement.
• The Groove Music app is now available in the store for HoloLens.
• New options to customize the size of the applications and drag them where you want, including rotation of the application, try pressing on the application and drag it to the circle.
• Device connection improvements. Any Bluetooth mouse can now be connected to HoloLens. Keyboard support has also been improved, now they work much better.
• Possibility to take animated image captures based on virtual reality and share those captures on Facebook, Twiiter and Youtube.
• Holograms can be rotated when inserted into our environment.
• Increased to five minutes the maximum recording length of VR-based videos.
• The Photos app now lets you watch OneDrive videos without downloading them.
• Improved keyboard layout showing common domains for email addresses.
• Improved application registration time and automatic time zone detection during quick setup.
• It is now possible to see the available space, the space used by the system, applications and files.

To set the long teeth

HoloLens can give a lot of themselves, as long as the company continues to bet heavily on them and they have the support of the developers. The field of options that they offer is enormous, so much so that many speak of Virtual Reality as the great revolution that is coming for our gadgets, above the defenceless 3D or even 4K.

Via | Microsoft