Introduction

If you’ve ever watched any of the Iron Man movies starring Robert Downey Jr., you’re probably familiar with Jarvis. Jarvis, short for “Just a Rather Very Intelligent System,” is a highly advanced computerized AI system. Recently, Jarvis inspired Mark Zuckerberg to build his own AI-powered home-automation system (https://youtu.be/ZGLPxEv_EWo).

Incredibly, you can build your own wearable Jarvis-like system by combining the thrilling power of novel holographic devices like HoloLens with Microsoft Cognitive Services and Microsoft Mixed Reality. Such systems can quickly process visual content and describe it via spoken words or text displayed on screen. With just a few voice commands or air gestures, you can ask your Mixed Reality “Jarvis” ...

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