Staring at projected objects to indicate intent

Staring at projected objects to indicate intent is a big part of the HoloLens experience. Before I could take the contraption for a spin around the room, I had to calibrate my eyes to make sure the holographic effect worked the way its creators intended. I looked at an introductory app that was projected on the floor, held out my right index finger and pushed it down to make the "tap" gesture, which indicates a selection. It starts with an automatic interpupillary distance feature that measures the distance from the center of one pupil to the other.

Since the seats are lifted off the ground, you actually have to climb onto them. That was a bit of a struggle for the young kids in my audience. The seats are also surprisingly uncomfortable; they're stiff with no ability to recline. That makes sense since they're supposed to move around, but sitting in them makes you feel more like you're riding a rollercoaster than relaxing for a film. The arm rests are fairly wide, and there's also a button for turning off the water effects. (I imagine many will end up doing that.)

Microsoft also launched new tools to help build more advanced Excel add-ins, deploy Office add-ins (if you're a system administrator) and find add-ins for Outlook. But arguably the most life-changing addition to Office has to be the new Starbucks add-in the company showed off during the Build day two keynote this morning. The Outlook add-in lets you send gift cards to your contacts directly through the email app and also lets you schedule coffee meetings that include links to let you place your orders ahead of time. Caffeine and productivity lovers, rejoice!

"The latest findings tell us the planet has hot nights and significantly hotter days," lead author of the study, Cambridge University's Brice Olivier Demory, said in a statement. "This indicates the planet inefficiently transports heat around the planet. We propose this could be explained by an atmosphere that would exist only on the day side of the planet, or by lava flows at the planet surface." Researchers had initially discovered that 55 Cancri e does possess an atmosphere, however this data would suggest that the planet's atmosphere is thin at best. NASA plans to follow up this study with additional observations using the James Webb telescope.