11 August 2018

Precision of HoloLens 2.0 Depth Sensing

While the next-generation HoloLens does not have a launch date yet, we now have a better idea of how big a leap the device will take in terms of depth sensor performance. At the recent Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, held in Salt Lake City, Utah in June, Microsoft researchers gave a tutorial showing off the new HoloLens Research Mode, which gives developers access to the device's sensor data.


During the tutorial, the researchers showed the audience a preview of the depth sensor feed from the Project Kinect for Azure, which Microsoft unveiled earlier this year as the sensor for the next version of HoloLens. The sensor's higher frame rate at long range is also on display, and the sensor captures audience members as far as eight rows back, while the point cloud (below right) shows details of chairs and people.

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