Out of Pod Experience

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/21/7868251/microsoft-hololens-hologram-hands-on-experience

There's an issue with HMDs causing nausea. While head tracking is effectively perfect, and looking around is fine, walking around is an issue. I think it can be defined as a disconnect between physical movement and the body's senses (knows it's not moving).

However, the Hololens does not attempt to disconnect you from your irl environment, and leaves the periphery of your vision intact. I am curious if the Hololens will handle EVE without causing nausea. One of the demos mentioned in the article involved a stationary castle on a coffee table. Like the castle, I'm wondering if keeping the player's ship centered on a coffee table (or your desk) would avoid nausea.

The reasons I think it might work are the preservation of your peripheral vision (and your grounded-ness in your surroundings) and the ship as a stable / steady point of reference.

In other words, what the Rift is to Valkyrie, I think (I hope) the Hololens will be to EVE. I'm also hopeful with Microsoft behind it, and that it will have robust, thorough support for Windows programs. And games.

This is also exciting for me as an artist looking to work in some form of 3D.

Microsoft takes games seriously enough, and I hope they'll put $ into making the Hololens relevant to games (untouched by the XBox).

I think it has far more potential than the Rift, due to the applications beyond lolimmersiongaming.

Anything to get rid of tradition displays please!

Well you never know, would be interesting to see how this could work, but I think we will have to wait a while until we see it, if CCP ever decides to intigrate it into EVE.

Else, I look forward to seeing how else it can be used.
I already have a good idea on how it will mostly be used, but lets' not get into that here =P

The Hololens seems to be more committed to projecting virtual objects in the physical world, compared to Google Glass. Unlike Google Glass, I would wear the Hololens in public if it is eventually so integrated commercially, say, at malls or in shopping districts (and such), that retailers start using virtual advertisement space.

There's probably a risk in driving, and no need for displaying much more information that we get from our instrument cluster and road signs (keep the cognitive distractions to a minimum), but the utility of receiving someone's expertise in whatever you're doing... is pretty much universal for anyone doing something worthwhile. I think.

First thing I'd get for them is an Adblocker
And As Kelleth has covered, the lense would be great for driving, as long as they maintain minimal distraction. Maybe by the time the lense becomes commonplace, the cars will be driving themselves, but that's a whole other topic.

It's additive, like gps. They won't be driving the cars. It would be a stand alone unit. If they fail, I would presume they would go clear, for example. It's not going to replace anything we currently have, eg: road signs, readouts inside the car, etc.
It might make certain things redundant in practical amount of usage, but like the tv remote, you are still able to use the tv and basic functionality without it.
Talking about Holo-lenses and cars...Holo-lense Windscreen! (hahaha)
And there is no "if we get all 'imagine'", this whole thread is about "imagine" :P

Anyway, in the end, thanks for sharing the info. I'm very interested to see where M$ goes with this.

There is a Swedish project (I think Swedish) for a motorcycle with HUD. So the on-the-road concept is valid.

So while Oculus keeps dragging back the Rift, M$ comes with a "next hottest thing" of their own. And it's quite groundbreaking for a change.

Personally as a luddite of sorts, I wonder if Human Body Mk. I is actually ready to interact with digital ghosts. The potential is inmense, but also is inmense the hardwired legacy of our brains and bodies...