Introduction to Microsoft HoloLens
Hardware
Overview
Trimble has been collaborating with Microsoft on the HoloLens project since early 2014;
officially the first commercial partner to develop on the platform. Microsoft HoloLens is the first
fully untethered, wearable, holographic computer, enabling high-definition holograms to
integrate with the real-world. The device is a wearable headset that contains a fully
self-sufficient
computer
featuring
an
mixed-reality operating environment in which
any Windows application can run.
The device features an array of sensors
(including depth sensors, cameras, gyros,
magnetometers, and accelerometers) that
constantly collect data about the user’s
environment.
The
depth
sensors
simultaneously capture a three-dimensional
mesh of the physical environment while the
cameras (and other sensors) determine the
device’s location (X, Y, Z, roll, pitch, and
yaw) relative to it. This information is used to
synchronize the digital content in the
mixed-reality
world
with
the
physical
environment in which the user resides.
