This is mixed reality.
Mixed reality blends 3D holographic content into your physical world, giving your holograms real-world context and scale, allowing you to interact with both digital content and the world around you.
HoloLens embraces virtual reality and augmented reality to create a new reality—mixed reality. Virtual reality immerses you in a simulated world. Augmented reality overlays digital information on top of your real world. By understanding your environment, mixed reality enables holograms to look and sound like they’re part of your world.
Interact freely with holograms, people, and objects in your world because the holographic frame positions holograms where your eyes are most sensitive to detail, leaving your peripheral vision unobscured.
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| Out of 5,000 ideas submitted to the Share Your Idea program, you voted for Galaxy Explorer as your favorite. Follow along as our Microsoft HoloLens development team builds it. |
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| The first apps for HoloLens demonstrate the promise of mixed reality and share a purpose to inspire developers. |
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