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Allen G. Taylor, Develop Microsoft HoloLens Apps Now, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2202-7_1
Allen G. Taylor1
(1)Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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It’s hard to say what the HoloLens is like, because it is not like anything that you might want to compare it to. Microsoft calls it a stand-alone, fully untethered, holographic computer, but what does that mean?
Stand-alone and untethered mean that the HoloLens does not need to be connected, either wired or wirelessly, to any external computer or other device.
Holographic means that the user ...
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