Support for a mixed reality Windows 10 experience will be added next year, allowing more users to experience Windows Holographic without a HoloLens or particularly high-end PC. Microsoft’s Terry Myerson says an update to the OS will “enable mainstream PCs to run the Windows Holographic shell and associated mixed reality and universal Windows applications.”
Windows Holographic is more accessible than the HoloLens and the demo was only running “on an inexpensive and tiny Intel NUC at 90 fps.”
Intel and Microsoft are collaborating on a specification for mixed reality ready PCs and head mounted displays (HMDs). Our shared goal is to enable our hardware partners to build a broad range of devices for the mainstream consumer and business markets. We are working with several partners on the spec today, and plan to publicly release v1 of the spec at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community (WinHEC) conference in Shenzhen in December. – Myerson
Microsoft and Intel will release specs for PCs and head-mounted displays in December 2016.
