The Microsoft HoloLens is an amazing device, but face a number of hurdles when it comes to growing sales, including high cost, lack of applications, being heavy and bulky with limited battery life and increasing competition from phone-based platforms like ARKit.
Case Western Reserve University new museum app should, therefore, be good news, making the headset more useful and attractive to potential users.
It is however exactly the wrong kind of app from what the platform needs.
Created in partnership with the New York-based Boulevard Arts, who says they want to “democratize access to art and culture” the app lets users take virtual visits to London’s Courtauld Gallery and the British Museum, offering access to 18 works from The Courtauld and the British Museum.
Viewers using the CWRU-Boulevard app with a HoloLens device can see holograms of paintings and historic objects, with each artwork accompanied by an extended label and audio narration.
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Source: MS Poweruser