HoloLens and Augmented Reallity

It can be argued that we are living in the future that some cartoons and anime predicted over 20 years ago. Technology such as hover-boards, robot dogs, augmented reality glasses and much more have been featured in cartoons and Hollywood movies for years. Some of this technology is available today or will be soon. 

The 1989 Japanese anime Dragon Ball Z featured a device called a Scouter, worn by Frieza's army. This piece of technology was a semi-transparent colored monocle worn over the left eye. The Scouter was used to measure power levels, gather information, keep time, a GPS locator, and interstellar telecommunications of video and sound. Although we have no need to measure power levels we are not unfamiliar with telecommunication and GPS devices. 

Dragon Ball Z predicted or could have inspired Google Glass and Microsoft's HoloLens. However, the AR (augmented reality) glasses of Denno Coil are not far off from Microsoft's HoloLens. Denno Coil is set in the year 2026 and follows some kids who live in the city Daikoku which is half-real and half-internet and full of holograms. Denno eyeglasses allows them to see virtual reality superimposed on objective reality. They can also hear sounds from the virtual environment through futuristic ear monitors attached to the glasses behind the ear. Denno eyeglasses allow the user to access the virtual world through internet connected visors. 

Windows Holographic, or HoloLens is an augmented reality computing platform created by Microsoft. It was introduced at the "Windows 10: the Next Chapter" press event on January 21, 2015. The Microsoft HoloLens uses advanced sensors, an HD 3D optical head-mounted display and spatial sound to allow for augmented reality applications, with a natural user interface that the user interacts with through gaze, voice, and hand gestures. It also performs tasks such as spatial mapping, gesture recognition, and voice and speech recognition, while operating wirelessly. The Microsoft HoloLens blends the digital world with the real world. 

The Dragon Ball Z Scouter was probably thought to be science fiction in 1989 when it was first on television, and although we still have no need to measure our enemies power levels, we do use GPS tracking and telecommunications. The Denno Coil eyeglasses are closer to the reality of Microsoft's HoloLens and what used to look like science fiction is becoming reality. The HoloLens is a technological advancement that can blend reality with the digital world as predicted in Denno Coil, Dragon Ball Z, and other movies and TV shows.