Microsoft’s HoloLens now has apps for email and your calendar

Augmented reality promises many things, from turning your living room into a video game to transforming how we see and experience the world. But first, it has to do the basics, and no company knows this better than Microsoft. So today, the company announced the release of dedicated HoloLens AR apps for its Outlook email service and calendar. They look ... well, like your standard email and calendar apps, just rendered using blasts of light on your retina.

Microsoft tried to spice the images up a bit with a holographic version of the Seattle skyline thrown in the mix. Otherwise, the apps look pretty much like recreations of their desktop counterparts. Notably, the images show the windows in a full field of view, while the real HoloLens...

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