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Experiments with a 3D browser

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On March 30, 2016 Microsoft started shipping their first HoloLens as a development edition. Some time later, the MS Mixed reality platform was released, and distributed on Windows 10, along with the common updates. Suddenly we all had a 3D version of Paint, and a Mixed Reality Portal that allowed us to use VR glasses, without additional installation except the driver software for the device. After I could persuade the company I work for to invest in a HoloLens, I started to think about the possible use for this. The obvious professional implementations for both HoloLens and VR are for people that work with 3D objects, like a car or other mechanical device that needs to be developed, furniture in house decoration or organs in a medical simulation. But our company is mainly focused on information workers: how can one use this emerging technology in an office? It is difficult to take a look in the future, but the most obvious thing that came to mind was that, like more and more appl