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Microsoft Trying To Create Fully-functional Augmented Reality Devices

Microsoft Trying To Create Fully-functional Augmented Reality Devices

Augmented Reality devices are gaining traction gradually in the tech world. A number of companies are trying to create their own fully-functional augmented reality devices. Tech giant Microsoft is also working on Augmented reality devices. Last week Microsoft’s Research team in Cambridge opened its doors to offer a sneak peek showing how augmented reality could be the next big thing in the future.

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More Information Of Xbox 720 Revealed

The upcoming Xbox 720 will have advanced augmented reality capabilities, and a four-player finger-tracking Kinect (2.0). But, that’s all known already. Recently, the editor-in-chief of Xbox World has revealed some additional details about Xbox 720.

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Microsoft Giving $50 Discount On Xbox 360

Microsoft is doing its best to keep up with the competition in the gaming industry. To compete with the latest edition from Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft has lowered the price of Xbox 360 for this fall. The Xbox 720 will not be on shelves till next year’s Christmas, and Xbox 360 is not getting any new gears either. But, Sony has already launched a slimmer version of PlayStation 3, and Nintendo has been preparing to launch its super-fast Wii U soon. How Xbox will handle the pressure? With a discount on price.

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Microsoft Uses Wearable Digits Prototype For Mobile 3D Virtual Navigation

Microsoft Uses Wearable Digits Prototype For Mobile 3D Virtual Navigation

Motion sensors are nothing new and have been around for quite some time. In fact, they are very active and successful commercially too, thanks to Microsoft’s move of coupling the Kinect motion sensor with its game console. However, most of these motion sensors rely on rather heavy hardware and haven’t been much effective for 3D virtual navigation. Microsoft has now come up with an apt solution for this.

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MIT Built A Real-time Indoor Mapping System For Firefighters’ Rescue Work

MIT Built A Real-time Indoor Mapping System For Firefighters’ Rescue Work

Computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim that they’ve built a wearable piece of gear called SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) that can map a building in real time with the aid of a Microsoft Kinect, a laser range finder and a laptop. It is specially being created for firefighters and other first responders reacting to an emergency.

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World’s First Gesture Controlled Set-Top Box For TV – NtobeBox

Gesture control technology is well-known to all tech savvy people. One good example is Microsoft Kinect that allows people to use their whole body as a video game controller. Now the gesture control technology has come on both Android and on TV box. A set-top box named ntobeBox is now offering gesture controlled TV interactions. Now, you can forget about your old remote, and can directly control your TV with a wave of your hand.

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New Microsoft Patent Talks About Immersive Display Experience

New Microsoft Patent Talks About Immersive Display Experience

The idea of an ‘immersive display experience’ is nothing new. It has been around for a long time, popularized by the likes of Star Trek in science fiction. In recent times, many hardware vendors have tried to create one. Microsoft may also be gearing up to jump the bandwagon. One of its patents speaks about a Holodeck-like immersive display experience.

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