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I don't think MS is going to sell controllers for Holographic or Hololens. It'll be BYOC perhaps with the exception of a Xbox VR headset. I suspect the game pl
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
I don't think MS is going to sell controllers for Holographic or Hololens. It'll be BYOC perhaps with the exception of a Xbox VR headset.
I suspect the game plan is to use all those cameras on the Hololens to not only do tracking but to also track hands and perhaps fingers, Kinect-style for a seamless experience. Its suspicious MS isn't talking controllers and I think its because they want to usher in a controller-less solution first with the option to use a kb/m, gamepad, or 3rd party spatial controllers if need be, say for gaming, but for general purpose, your hands will be all you need.
In some early hololens concept videos they featured people interacting with it using just their hands. I think they want to make this happen when they finally release hololens, so they aren't going to invest in controller solutions. Worse, from a more practical level, hololens uses inside-out markerless tracking so without a bunch of USB cameras or a Vive-like lighthouse system, they actually can't support controllers.