Microsoft’s huge HoloLens 2 Apollo demonstration at Build 2019 suffers failure to launch

Update: You can now see the practice run of the cool demonstration on YouTube, revealed above (by means of Variety).  Watch Neil Armstrong climb out of the lander and action on the moon!

Microsoft Build began with a huge oopsie. John Knoll of Industrial Light and Magic and area historian Andy Chaikan got on phase at Microsoft’s designer conference on Monday to wow us with a leisure of the Apollo 11 objective utilizing the brand-new Unreal Engine assistance for the HoloLens 2. 

But it sputtered on the launchpad, as you can see from the video listed below. The music begins, some uncomfortable laughter as the video does not, and Chaikin provides, “Well, it seems that doing a live demo is harder than landing on the moon.” To which Knoll responded, “Indeed.” Chaikin thanked us for our time, and the 2 left the phase.

There’s no pity in an unsuccessful live demonstration, however there’s normally lot more humiliation when somebody invests a very long time openly attempting to recuperate. Good on Knoll and Chaikan.

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Updated 4:00 p.m. ET: Added YouTube video of the practice session for the demo.

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