{"id":20817,"date":"2016-01-17T05:47:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/microsofts-hololens-will-be-totally-wireless-with-up-to-5-5-hours-of-battery-life"},"modified":"2017-04-24T23:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T06:00:29","slug":"microsofts-hololens-will-be-totally-wireless-with-up-to-5-5-hours-of-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/microsofts-hololens-will-be-totally-wireless-with-up-to-5-5-hours-of-battery-life","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s HoloLens will be \u2018totally wireless\u2019 with up to 5.5 hours of battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXu5toPPqVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft technical evangelist Bruce Harris has unveiled new details for Microsoft\u2019s augmented reality headset, HoloLens. At an event in Tel Aviv, Harris was recorded (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petri.com\/microsoft-shares-new-details-on-hololens-up-to-5-5-hour-battery-life-device-link-and-more\">Petri<\/a>) saying that that any universal Windows 10 app will run natively on the device, as we\u2019ve already heard, and that developers will naturally need to create 3D apps to realize the HoloLens\u2019 full potential.<\/p>\n<p>But Harris also talked about how the device features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, describing it as \u201ctotally wireless.\u201d In fact, he said a wired version of the HoloLens would not be available.<\/p>\n<p>This brings up the question of battery life. Apparently in this department, the HoloLens will be \u201cvery much like a laptop.\u201d That means up to 5.5 hours of basic use, and 2.5 hours of high-intensity use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2016\/01\/16\/microsofts-hololens-will-be-totally-wireless-with-up-to-5-5-hours-of-battery-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft technical evangelist Bruce Harris has unveiled new details for Microsoft\u2019s augmented reality headset, HoloLens. At an event in Tel Aviv, Harris was recorded (via Petri) saying that that any universal Windows 10 app will run natively on the device, as we\u2019ve already heard, and that developers will naturally need to create 3D apps to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,1497,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-energy","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44519,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20817\/revisions\/44519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}