Microsoft Research Special Projects

March 25, 2016

Holoportation is now a thing, so start slapping everyone in arm’s distance to make sure they’re real. This new technology by Microsoft Research uses 3D motion capture and Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality hardware to “holoport” people from one place to…

March 25, 2016

While teleportation is still in the realm of science fiction, Microsoft has introduced “holoportation” – a 3D, real-time hologram of someone who is a world away, but still interacts with you. It’s a newly revealed project coming out of Microsoft…

March 25, 2016

Microsoft wants to bring HoloLens users into a conversation with other folks who aren’t in the room, using a technology developed by its research division that enables “holoportation.” It’s a product of Microsoft Research’s Interactive 3D Technologies group, which released…