Microsoft, Lowe's Partner For HoloLens-Powered Kitchen Remodel Demos

Thinking of taking on a kitchen remodel? Microsoft and Lowe'due south aim to ease the process, using the power of holograms.

Redmond on Fri announced it is partnering with the home improvement chain to launch HoloLens-powered kitchen remodel demonstrations, so yous can more than easily run across how those cabinets you're because will look alongside that multi-colored tile backsplash you've been eyeing.

"It tin can be difficult to conceptualize a full-calibration remodel using merely sample squares and paint swatches," HoloLens General Managing director Scott Erickson wrote in a weblog mail.

That's where HoloLens comes in. For the uninitiated, HoloLens is an augmented-reality headset that allows you to mix the virtual world with the real globe.

Using the headset, "Lowe'southward customers will be able to experience a holographic representation of a completely new kitchen, conform finishes and options instantly, and share their designs easily online." Customers will be able to view dissimilar cabinets, counters, backsplashes, and appliances "in life-like realism," Erickson said.

"The holographic details are rich and allow users to fifty-fifty run across the differences between shiny chrome appliances versus matte brushed aluminum options," he added.

Lowe's volition be piloting the new HoloLens-powered kitchen remodel demonstration at in-store in the greater Seattle area this month. The company then plans to expand the pilot to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Meanwhile, HoloLens also recently found its fashion to some other cool identify: outer space. Microsoft gave NASA a pair of HoloLens devices to send to the International Space Station, so astronauts could explore the possibilities of holographic computing in space. Microsoft and NASA said this new technology could potentially reduce crew training requirements and increase astronauts' efficiency in infinite.

Well-nigh Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart domicile products. Teaching yoga for nearly 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, centre rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart habitation devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, only to name a few.

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