Gadgetory

I'm excited to announce a new feature coming to Windows 10 this fall that allows you to view 3d content through your screen kind of like a magic window we call this new feature view mixed reality now this feature is not only available in what amy is showing today but it's going to be available in a wide range of experiences okay so Amy I'm five-eleven how big is the curiosity let's find out you could head towards the back of the state okay I'm going to drop the rover right next to you like about here perfect okay okay here we go yep nice let's capture this yeah at seven feet tall and nearly 2,000 pounds it's pretty unbelievable that we've landed this on Mars with view mixed reality we can bring this Rover that was over 250 million miles away right into the classroom giving us this is this unique perspective to understand the curiosity scale and size and the relation to the world around us in this case me now here's the good news all of this can be done on any classroom Windows 10 PC that just has a simple RGB camera even a plugged in webcam will work and it's free so we just saw some examples of how we could simplify the complex using mixed reality but let's pivot and see how we can learn through experience now field trips are a great way to enable experiential learning but not all schools can offer as many field trips as they would like but with Windows mixed reality devices we can bring those field trips right into the classroom now Amy's going to be using one of these new affordable headsets to take us on a trip into the future far far away guess where we're going yep we're going to explore space I'm looking at the solar system in a way that used to be impossible in textbooks the eight planets are usually shown in a straight line but in this immersive view I can actually move around and get a sense for how they're spread across space now these types of applications can be really rich for self-guided learning not only can Amy explore our solar system but she can travel through time and into this case into the future where the year is twenty four ninety two now this will be the next time that the eight major planets are in closest proximity to one another the last time has happened was about a thousand years ago zooming in I can see how the planets will look when they're grouped closer together 500 years from now what a cool way to learn about space it's this type of immersive education that can enable any student to explore the world or even the galaxy without even leaving the classroom