HoloLens 2

Microsoft HoloLens 2 is a pair of mixed reality smartglasses developed and manufactured by Microsoft. It is the successor to the pioneering Microsoft HoloLens. On February 24, 2019 the HoloLens 2 enterprise edition debuted as the first variant of the device, followed by a developer edition that was announced on May 2, 2019. It was subsequently released in limited numbers on November 7, 2019.

Microsoft HoloLens 2
DeveloperMicrosoft
ManufacturerMicrosoft
Product familyWindows 10
TypeMixed reality augmented reality head-mounted display smartglasses
Generation2
Release dateNovember 7, 2019 (2019-11-07)
Retail availabilityEnterprise and developers
Introductory price$3500 USD, $125 USD per month Enterprise, $99 USD per month Developer
Operating systemWindows 10 Holographic
System on a chipQualcomm Snapdragon 850 Compute Platform
CPUQualcomm Snapdragon 850
DisplaySee-through holographic lenses 2K 3:2
GraphicsAdreno 630
InputEye tracking, spatial tracking, hand tracking.
Camera8 MP 1080P30 video
ConnectivityBluetooth LE 5.0, 802.11 2x2 WiFi
PlatformUniversal Windows Platform
Online servicesWindows Holographic Operating System, Edge, Dynamics 365 Remote Assist, Dynamics 365 Layout, Dynamics 365 Guides, 3D Viewer, OneDrive for Business
Mass566g
PredecessorHoloLens
Websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/

History

HoloLens 2 was announced by Alex Kipman on February 24, 2019 at MWC in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2] On May 7, 2019 the HoloLens 2 was shown again at Microsoft Build. There, it showcased an application created with Unreal Engine.[3]

On August 20, 2019, at Hot Chips 31 Microsoft presented their Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) 2.0 custom design for the HoloLens 2.[4]

  • 7x SIMD Fixed Point (SFP) for 2D processing
  • 6x Floating Vector Processor (FVP) for 3D processing
  • >1 TOP of programmable compute
  • 125Mb SRAM
  • 79mm2 die size and 2 Billion transistors
  • TSMC 16FF+ process
  • PCIe 2.0 x1 at 100 MB/s bandwidth to Snapdragon 850

On August 29, 2019, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Microsoft's Executive Vice President, Harry Shum, revealed that HoloLens 2 will go on sale sometime in September 2019.[5] The product started shipping on November 7, 2019.[6]

Improvements over the previous model

Microsoft highlighted three main improvements made to the device: immersiveness, ergonomics and business friendliness.[7][8]

HoloLens 2 has a diagonal field of view of 52 degrees, improving over the 34 degree field of view (FOV) of the first edition of HoloLens, while keeping a resolution of 47 pixels per degree.[9][10]

Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) 2.0 improvements compared to the HPU 1.0:[4]

  • 1.7x compute
  • 2x effective DRAM bandwidth
  • Improved hologram stability
  • New hardware accelerated workloads such as eye tracking, fully articulated hand tracking, semantic labeling, spatial audio and JBL filter

HoloLens 2 emulation

The HoloLens 2 Emulator was made available to developers on April 17, 2019.[11] This emulator allows developers to create applications for the HoloLens 2 before the device ships.

References
  1. "Microsoft Hololens 2 ushers in the next generation of augmented reality". mashable.com. February 24, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  2. "Microsoft's new $3,500 HoloLens 2 headset means business". cnn.com. February 24, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. Apollo 11 HoloLens 2 Demo | Microsoft Build 2019 | Unreal Engine, retrieved 2019-08-07
  4. Cutress, Dr Ian. "Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: Microsoft Hololens 2.0 Silicon". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. "Microsoft says new augmented reality headset to go on sale in..." Reuters. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  6. Robertson, Adi (2019-11-07). "The Microsoft HoloLens 2 ships today for $3,500". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
  7. "HoloLens 2 pricing and preorder". microsoft.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  8. "New HoloLens 2 gives Microsoft the edge in the next generation of computing". Innovation Stories at Microsoft. Microsoft. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. Kipman, Alex (2019-02-25). "No secrets... - The first HoloLens had a 34-degree diagonal FOV; the new headset's field of view … 52-degree diagonal field of view. More than 2x is area and most of the growth is vertical (no longer 16:9)". @akipman. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  10. Goode, Lauren (2019-02-24). "The HoloLens 2 Puts a Full-Fledged Computer on Your Face". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  11. Schaik, Joost Van (2019-04-17). "First look at the HoloLens 2 emulator". Dotnet by Example. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
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