HoloLens Battery Holds 2.5-5.5 Hour Charge

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With all the talk of virtual reality headsets like PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift, the augmented reality HoloLens has been staying out of the spotlight. However, thanks to Mircrosoft’s Bruce Harris, we now have more details on the technical aspect of the HoloLens.

At a conference in Tel Aviv, Harris mentioned that the battery life of HoloLens will be 5.5 hours maximum, with a 2.5 hour minimum after “intensive use.” The HoloLens, which is a completely wireless device, supports both WiFi and Bluetooth to connect to Windows 10 devices.

Additionally, the display field of view is equivalent of a 15-inch monitor 1 or 2-feet away from the face. While they have tested to make the field of view larger, it would require the cost to be multiplied by five and the battery life of intensive use to be shortened to 20 minutes.

With all of that said, Harris made a note that all of these will likely change for the better as the manufacturing costs decrease. While there is no indication on when HoloLens will be making it to market, development kit applications have already been sent out with a steep price of $3,000. Check out the 20 minute conference below:



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Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/01/18/hololens-battery-holds-2-5-5-5-hour-charge-15-inch-field-of-view/

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ProPosted:

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Pint Very pricey however is much cooler than an Oculus Rift


Keep in mind the $3000 price tag is only for development units.


Yeah the price is obviously going to drop because at that price no one will be buying it.

FoldPosted:

I honestly kind of think it's important that the battery life on these things don't ever extend much longer than 6 hours. I feel that between the person having to stand, the distance between the person's eyes and the screens, plus how sucked and enthralled people can get into the games, that it could be potentially damaging to play for too long. I mean we already have people dying from sitting still to long while playing modern day consoles/PCs, I don't think that we should necessarily trust the idea of 10 hour batteries with these devices. I can already see people dropping from exhaustion and lack of nutrition from playing the game for hours on end. At best I can see people's eyes being damaged from being so close to the screen for so long.

SkittlePosted:

I feel it will be a long time until they are fully announced. It is a new technology so I wouldn't be surprised.

GaryPosted:

Pint Very pricey however is much cooler than an Oculus Rift


Keep in mind the $3000 price tag is only for development units.

PintPosted:

Very pricey however is much cooler than an Oculus Rift

MickersPosted:

Quite a good battery life considering.

RobbedPosted:

I just think that these type of products aren't for me.

KatsumiPosted:

Pro I like the fact that microsoft have come out of the dark with this. Might think about getting one in the future.


It seems that many companies are trying to develop things along these lines

SkyPosted:

the hololens is really cool

ProPosted:

I like the fact that microsoft have come out of the dark with this. Might think about getting one in the future.


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