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Forrester claim Microsoft’s HoloLens ‘changes everything’

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By John Glenday, Reporter

January 22, 2015 | 2 min read

Microsoft’s futuristic holographic specs may have stolen the show at its much trumpeted Windows 10 launch but analysts are already speculating that the surprise unveil could be as game changing for human computer interaction as the introduction of the mouse in the 1990s.

James McQuivey of Forrester Research said: “If successful, HoloLens will ultimately expand the way people interact with machines just as the mouse-based interface did in the 1990s, and touch interfaces did after the introduction of the iPhone in 2007.

"HoloLens will expand the way brands interact with consumers forever more, working its way through industry after industry much the way Web and mobile experiences did before it.”

McQuivey predicts that there will be ‘millions of people likely to buy HoloLens by the end of 2016’, despite the cost, with so-called mixed reality computing becoming all the rage by 2020 as tech giants Google, Microsoft and Apple vie for supremacy.

Marrying virtual reality with augmented reality the technology is being heralded as n enterprise solution, enabling remote collaboration, field work and training.

Despite Microsoft possibly having a big hit on its hands analysts are less sanguine about the prospects of Windows 10 in finally turning round the performance of Windows Phone, as Forrester’s Frank Gillett said: “Microsoft will face a long road ahead to gain Windows share in mobile. While it will win a growing share of enterprise tablet purchases, the plans for Windows 10 don't show enough potential to for creating a differentiated mobile experience that will draw developers and customers away from iOS and Android.”

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