# Microsoft Holo Lens Demo **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370 "2015-06-17T13:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grimdeath](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/grimdeath/32/7124_2.png) [@grimdeath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimdeath)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/1 "2015-06-17T13:51:00Z")
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock and have not seen this amazing tech from MS shown at E3 this week, the future is coming fast. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/2 "2015-06-17T18:00:38Z")
This looks cool, and my next questions are around how much it is going to cost and when we can play with it? (Yes, working at MS doesn’t mean I know all the details about what other MS products have planned haha) ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/3 "2015-06-17T21:28:49Z")
It does look cool but I can’t imagine it ever being practical for anything else they’ve said it can do. I also like unsliced bread. Also, I don’t know about anyone else, but when I was a kid my parents always told me not to sit too close to the TV. I think they’d have a conniption if they saw this… ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/4 "2015-06-18T06:10:14Z")
I would use it to create small, virtual, single purpose buttons around my home. Like a button stuck to a tea mug that would serve the singular purpose of seeing a timer for ~2 minutes of steep time depending on what tea I brewed. Or to replicate the functionality of those single-product purchase dongles that Amazon recently started selling. Some people seemed excited about programming on virtual monitors in an Oculus, but I think an augmented reality makes more sense for contexts where tactility or spatial interactions are important. There aren’t really any VR solutions for all-encompassing qualia/senses like touch… ---
**Author:** ![grimdeath](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/grimdeath/32/7124_2.png) [@grimdeath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimdeath)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/5 "2015-06-18T14:21:19Z")
I’m not sure if this would be useful for gaming but one thing I know for sure this would be useful for is the healthcare, construction and manufacturing industry this opens up so many possibilities. Definitely something to keep a look out for it will change how a lot of people work for sure. ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/6 "2015-06-19T06:06:30Z")
Krilon, you’d wear a big headset to steep tea?! Grimdeath, what applications did you have in mind? I wish I could figure out how to quote people… ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/7 "2015-06-20T21:53:11Z")
TehCanadiar: Well, I’d wear a light pair of glasses or something to steep tea. I’m assuming/hoping v3 won’t require a backpack that you need to power the thing. ---
**Author:** ![grimdeath](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/grimdeath/32/7124_2.png) [@grimdeath](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/grimdeath)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/microsoft-holo-lens-demo/633370/8 "2015-06-22T13:52:12Z")
I work in a startup and we have 4 application we developed to help manage oil and gas production something like this would be fantastic in the field so pumpers and wear a hololens and see digital gauges for the wells with their current tank levels, pressures etc without having to actually walk up to the physical gauge. That’s just one example I can come up with a few more like knowing which employee is at a tank or well performing maintenance, this can help prevent accidents because you could see a user name next to the tank in the hololens letting you know that someone is working on the site it can be a great tool for safety and accident prevention.