now, you have used microsoft hololens? i have.ance mars rover before it even existed. it's an amazing bit of kit and this week it was omar�*s turn to put on the hololens, to meet its creator, and talk about the new ways that we could be working together in the future. as we settle into 2021, we are going to be hearing a lot about augmented reality. amongst others, facebook is set to launch that smart glasses this year. they are even working with the company behind ray—bans so they may even be something you'd consider wearing... sorry, google glass. but since 2016, it is microsoft who have been pushing forward with hololens across loads of areas, including design, engineering and medicine. and this is the latest iteration of the device. 2019's hololens 2 — a lighter, slicker upgrade to the original and it allows users to experience what is calls mixed reality. but what is that? well, it is sort of similar to augmented reality except that instead ofjust overlaying virtual objects in front of you, you can actually interact with what

now, before we get carried away, this isjust a proof of concept for hololens.se into the future and what is possible. and that is more than enough to excite most people, including me. and the impact online was immediate. what is notable here is not just seeing pokemon in ar but it's the idea of playing, socialising and exploring the world with your friends. but the undoubted star of the show was film—maker and undersea explorer, james cameron, who has been using mesh for his upcoming series, ocean explorers. i think this is going to expand rapidly. i think that the opportunity for people to interact artistically, creatively, maybe create music, maybe create art, work together on film projects and so on, it is going to expand beyond the zoom platform into actual spatial collaborative work spaces. i think where i see the value of this now that i can be certain of is global interaction with people. they can emit little hearts if they like what you're saying or whatever it is. it is fun. i think it is the future of social interaction and collaboration. they can emi

now, you have used microsoft hololens? i have.r before it even existed. it's an amazing bit of kit and this week it was omar�*s turn to put on the hololens, to meet its creator, and talk about the new ways that we could be working together in the future. as we settle into 2021, we are going to be hearing a lot about augmented reality. amongst others, facebook is set to launch that smart glasses this year. they are even working with the company behind ray—bans so they may even be something you'd consider wearing... sorry, google glass. but since 2016, it is microsoft who have been pushing forward with hololens across loads of areas, including design, engineering and medicine. and this is the latest iteration of the device. 2019's hololens 2 — a lighter, slicker upgrade to the original and it allows users to experience what is calls mixed reality. but what is that? well, it is sort of similar to augmented reality except that instead ofjust overlaying virtual objects in front of you, you can actually interact with what you can see. a

microsoft, the pentagon is announcing that microsoft has won a contract to build more than 120,000 hololens augmented reality headsets for the u.s. army, worth up to $22 billion over ten years microsoft spokesperson telling cnbc the standard issue hololens, cost about $3,500, allows people to see holograms oversee their real environment it has found use in the commercial sector from companies like lockheed martin and airbus. interesting to see how microsoft has been winning and securing these military contracts you all remember a few years ago they secured that nearly $500 million contract with the u.s. army for headsets based on this same hololens technology of course they won that $10 billion cloud computing contract with the defense department. they beat out amazon, tied up in courts and now we have another one here, the pentagon saying microsoft has won this contract to build 120,000 holohence ar headsets worth 22 billion over ten years. back to you all. >> josh, we're seeing a reaction in the stock i have a quick question. up 2.6%, josh, so who are the big competitors when it comes to

with mixed reality today where, for example, 50% of fortune 500 companies have already purchased hololensreality deployment and we're finding great momentum and success in enterprise and in workloads that have to do with productivity, communication, learning, teaching and things of that nature. >> i was able to make an avatar in the vr environment, move it into a.r., collaborate with alex, but my question for him was you start talking about enterprise what are the long-term prospects of this technology because remember google glass? i asked kipman about that comparison >> let's talk about google glass for a minute it's the same equation they got to the potentially acceptable without immersion it takes a lot of value before you're willing to put something on your face so we do need to think about that value, immersion and comfort as the three avariables. now to the phone conversation. the phone started in the '80s in primarily a business setting they progressed in the '90s where they became smart primarily in an enterprise space, as well you are correct in the 2000s with the advent of the