Microsoft HoloLens inventor says the 'phone is already dead'

Hey, did you hear? Smartphones are dead. That's according to Microsoft's Alan Kipman, better known as the inventor of the company's HoloLens augmented reality headset. SEE ALSO: Microsoft's future phones might not even look like phones "The phone is already dead," Kipman told Bloomberg. "People just haven’t realized." If the phone is dead, then, what will replace it? Kipman believes a device capable of "mixed reality" could be its replacement. It's a bold claim that was sorta shared by Microso...