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Microsoft's Build Keynote

On April 29, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. ET, Microsoft will hold a keynote session at its Build conference in San Francisco. Expect CEO Satya Nadella and others to reveal news about Windows 10--on PCs, tablets, and phones--and the company's other software, hardware, and service endeavors. Fast Company's Harry McCracken will report live from the event.

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• This looks neat, and is a bit like what Motorola tried to do with laptop docks for phones. But it doesn't involve specialized hardware.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:04:44 PM
• Alex Kipman is onstage to talk about HoloLens and Windows Holographic.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:05:43 PM
• "Humans live in the real world. We should not be confined to the virtual."

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:06:14 PM
• About to get a demo of Windows Holographic.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:07:54 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:09:07 PM
• You can create visual screens, pin them to the real walls of your house, have them follow you around.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:11:09 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:11:34 PM
• Kipman talking about the construction industry--which hasn't changed much over the years--and holographic computing.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:13:01 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:14:14 PM
• Video showing construction applications of HoloLens--you can see 3D models as you're working on a project.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:14:48 PM
• A Case Western professor, part of a team working with the Cleveland Clinic, is onstage to do a demo. He says that students learn anatomy with textbooks and cadavers, as they've done for 100 years.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:17:04 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:17:46 PM
• Teachers and students wearing HoloLens can interact with live-size interactive anatomy models.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:18:12 PM
• Kipman says all the pieces of holographic computing are falling into place, at a reasonable price point.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:20:11 PM
• We're watching an Apple-like video with talking heads and pretty imagery concerning the complexity of manufacturing HoloLens.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:22:14 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:22:40 PM
• Kipman stressing that HoloLens apps are Windows 10 universal apps.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:23:43 PM
• In other words, HoloLens is a Windows 10 computer you wear on your head.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:24:03 PM
• Wacky onstage HoloLens demo involving a real robot and a virtual one.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:25:35 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:26:38 PM
• So far, no details on when HoloLens will ship, how much it will cost, etc.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:28:27 PM
• There are "hundreds" of HoloLenses at Build.

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:28:42 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:29:55 PM
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  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:31:13 PM
• Nadella just returned and wrapped up by repeating his line about Microsoft wanting people to move from needing Windows to wanting Windows to loving Windows. And that's it!

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:32:35 PM
• Thanks to all of you for joining us. More thoughts to come (and 2.5 days of Build, though the big news probably was all announced this morning).

  by Harry McCracken 4/29/2015 6:33:27 PM

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