‘Next version Microsoft HoloLens uses Mixed Reality Cloud’

The next version of the Microsoft HoloLens, expected to be released in 2019, will use Mixed Reality Cloud. That is the name Microsoft gives to servers that are used to perform calculations for mixed reality applications.

Microsoft CEO Alex Kipman, inventor of the HoloLens and the Kinect, among other things, mentions the arrival of Mixed Reality Cloud in a blog on his LinkedIn page. He cites that Microsoft announced last year that the next version of the HoloLens will have an AI coprocessor and that the computing power available via the cloud is one of the catalysts for artificial intelligence.

Cloud-based artificial intelligence for recognizing physical objects is already being used today and according to Kipman the ‘mixed reality cloud’ will become a reality this year. According to the Microsoft CEO, this makes it possible to offer convincing mixed reality experiences with people, places and things.

The Microsoft HoloLens are augmented reality glasses that work independently and have their own processor. As a result, the computing power in the glasses is limited. Although the new version will have an improved holographic processing unit, including an AI-coprocessor to handle machine vision efficiently, the next version also seems to have the option of outsourcing computation to servers.

Microsoft has not yet given many details about the successor to the HoloLens. It is known that the new glasses will have a better processor, but it is not yet clear whether, for example, the field of view will also be adjusted. The new glasses will be released sometime in 2019. Kipman says he can provide more information about the developments surrounding augmented reality in the coming months.