Augmented reality related. Augmented reality. Microsoft sees augmented reality in tablets, phones, laptops - Computers: PC, Mac, Laptop, Desktop, Tablet & Monitors. In 2002, Hollywood imagined that we'd have the cool, 3D computer systems that Tom Cruise used in Minority Report by the year 2054.
It's only 10 years later, and a patent application from Microsoft reveals that it has not only invented the foundation of such technology, but that it's also gone a step further, and made it portable. (Credit: Patent Bolt) The recently published application for a device with a transparent display was detailed by Patent Bolt, and looks to be the portable version of a desktop with a transparent 3D display seen from Microsoft in February. The demos for that system focused on the use of 3D gestures and head tracking to navigate through files and applications a la Minority Report. While it certainly seems that the same would be possible on this new, portable version, as described in the patent application, the emphasis is more on the potential to use a transparent display on a small laptop, phone, tablet or other handheld device for augmented reality.
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