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Dave Dempsey

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13. 10. 2014 - 13:26

Today's Webtip: Holodeck

Microsoft might be bringing us a bit closer to the future after all.

I have never played with Kinect, but I have followed a few very interesting projects people have made with it.

So I wasn't too surprised that someone had used it as the basis for a very early iteration of a Holodeck. It seemed like just the kind of project a group of hardware hackers would decide to make real.

I was very surprised, however, that the people behind that project weren't hanging out in some hacker space, but we're working for Micrososft.

It's still a long ways from Star Treks virtual reality play-room, but it's a very nice first step. I really want a second step now. Let's just hope the company decides to follow up and make it so.

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