Microsoft just released a video-capture hack for HoloLens

Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets can offer mind-blowing digital experiences, but they are, by design, singular experiences. Trying to describe it to someone without a headset — who sees nothing but real-life objects and a nerd wearing a computer on her face — is an exercise in futility.

Microsoft knows this is the case with its HoloLens “mixed reality” headset. So the company has come up with a new way for HoloLens users — specifically HoloLens app makers — to capture video from a HoloLens. During a recent visit to Microsoft’s HoloLens lab in Redmond, Washington, my Verge colleague Vjeran Pavic and I participated in a HoloLens demo with a special camera rig set up in the room; moments later, were able to watch video of...

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