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Everyone here is focused on what this means for Tesla, but this may be intelligence on what is going on with the Microsoft HoloLens program if senior staff is b

Everyone here is focused on what this means for Tesla, but this may be intelligence on what is going on with the Microsoft HoloLens program if senior staff is beginning to jump ship. What's going to happen with HoloLens? The team doesn't appear to be very large, and it's been stuck in research-land for a while now.

ygra 10y ago
He's a visual and product designer. HoloLens has already been designed, so I wouldn't be sure how much he was still needed for the product. Contrary to some others here I also don't think this means that Tesla is going AR. Or at least, I doubt Kim would help much there.
dpark 10y ago
>this may be intelligence on what is going on with the Microsoft HoloLens program if senior staff is beginning to jump ship. Kim seems by all evidence to be a good designer, but I'm not sure I'd call him "senior staff". He's been at Microsoft for 3ish years, which is also how long he's been not-a-student. "Senior staff" implies an importance that a "senior" title does not. I am a senior engineer at Microsoft and I assure you if I left it would mean nothing about the future of the company or the product I work on. Kim also doesn't seem to have been working on HoloLens very long.
- smnscu 10y ago
  Wait, that's Andrew Kim?! I love that guy, this is fantastic news. http://minimallyminimal.com/ http://minimallyminimal.com/
gchadwick 10y ago
It could just mean Tesla is good at making irresistable offers? MS may be sufficiently confident in the current team to not worry about making counter-offers to keep hold of some members.
raphman 10y ago
Furthermore, several researchers from MSR working on HoloLens have left Microsoft and founded a startup around HoloLens this year: http://perceptiveio.com/team/ http://perceptiveio.com/team/ I'm not sure whether this is a sign of Microsoft abandoning HoloLens, or whether they are building an ecosystem of developers and integrators around HoloLens.
kriro 10y ago
I'd actually see it as validation of the technology they are working on. Hurts to lose people but Microsoft can refill research positions fairly well (anecdotally).

ygra 10y ago

He's a visual and product designer. HoloLens has already been designed, so I wouldn't be sure how much he was still needed for the product. Contrary to some others here I also don't think this means that Tesla is going AR. Or at least, I doubt Kim would help much there.

dpark 10y ago

>this may be intelligence on what is going on with the Microsoft HoloLens program if senior staff is beginning to jump ship. Kim seems by all evidence to be a good designer, but I'm not sure I'd call him "senior staff". He's been at Microsoft for 3ish years, which is also how long he's been not-a-student. "Senior staff" implies an importance that a "senior" title does not. I am a senior engineer at Microsoft and I assure you if I left it would mean nothing about the future of the company or the product I work on. Kim also doesn't seem to have been working on HoloLens very long.

smnscu 10y ago
Wait, that's Andrew Kim?! I love that guy, this is fantastic news. http://minimallyminimal.com/ http://minimallyminimal.com/

gchadwick 10y ago

It could just mean Tesla is good at making irresistable offers? MS may be sufficiently confident in the current team to not worry about making counter-offers to keep hold of some members.

raphman 10y ago

Furthermore, several researchers from MSR working on HoloLens have left Microsoft and founded a startup around HoloLens this year: http://perceptiveio.com/team/ http://perceptiveio.com/team/ I'm not sure whether this is a sign of Microsoft abandoning HoloLens, or whether they are building an ecosystem of developers and integrators around HoloLens.

kriro 10y ago

I'd actually see it as validation of the technology they are working on. Hurts to lose people but Microsoft can refill research positions fairly well (anecdotally).