Microsoft’s Hololens now lets you check email in augmented reality

– Microsoft on Thursday, June 2 announced the release of dedicated HoloLens AR apps for its Outlook email service and calendar, The Verge says.

To get Outlook Mail and Calendar on HoloLens, open the Windows Store app and search.

And you can also swivel your head around and bob it up and down so you can see those wall inboxes and calendars through the small mail slot-like field of view afforded by HoloLens, yes.

Microsoft is betting big on its augmented reality glasses Hololens for its success in the world of mixed reality. However, Microsoft has also expressed plans to expand their involvement in holographic technology in the future based partially on customer feedback.

Microsoft’s Hololens team is experiencing a brain drain as as many as 7 of its researchers are leaving to start a new startup called perceptiveIO.

If you’ve ever dreamed of reading your e-mails or managing your calendar in a virtual environment, your day has finally come.

Email is coming to a virtual reality near you, thanks to Microsoft’s release of the Outlook email and Calendar applications to Microsoft HoloLens on Thursday.

HoloLens which is produced by Microsoft is making a step forward for their virtual reality platform.

MICROSOFT Corp is now inviting its Windows 10 hardware partners to create virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality devices, and everything in between, with Windows Holographic, the platform that powers Microsoft HoloLens.

Both apps are built on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), which delivers a familiar app experience across devices.

Microsoft hasn’t written these apps specially for HoloLens. If you’re already using Outlook on a smartphone, tablet or PC, your inbox will look the same through HoloLens. However, in Computex, which is ongoing in Taipei, the software major indicated that it will be offering its Holographic platform to other companies and third parties so that they can develop their own gear for it.