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Microsoft’s hololens2 is $3.5k available now for developers.

• Balgair 6y ago
  We've had ours on back order for 18 months and counting. It is technically out there, but hard to get for companies.
  • glenneroo 6y ago
    Maybe try ordering from insight.com? Or check the hololens subreddit, apparently there are a number of companies which can get one out to customers within a few days.
• buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
  Isn't hololens2 significantly lower resolution? You can't really have a virtual workspace unless the resolution is incredibly high.
  • fsloth 6y ago
    Hololens 2 is not a virtual reality headset. It's a wearable HUD and UI (since you can control it with hand gestures). It's an industrial inspections and automation tool - and for those use cases the users love it. For offerings in this space built around Hololens 2 see for example https://fieldtech.trimble.com/en/products/mixed-reality/trimble-xr10-with-hololens-2 https://fieldtech.trimble.com/en/products/mixed-reality/trim... The virtual workspace for hololens is the physical world. The view area is a bit small. But the idea is not in HL to create a virtual world, but to overlay information to the real world.
    • texasbigdata 6y ago
      Even better, IMHO based on anecdotal personal experience
  • hobos_delight 6y ago
    Yeah I've used a hololens for a building walkthrough (showing a new fitout) and whilst it was a cool experience, the resolution was really low, and the field of view was tiny - just a small square in each eye. The latency tracking was on par with other headsets, which I consider quite good. Disclaimer: I work for MSFT, opinions my own, yadda yadda yadda.
• zepto 6y ago
  Right - I don’t think Apple is likely to release a ‘developers’ system. I think it would be aimed at actual designers and engineers etc. Presumably they would partner with some key developers like Autodesk to have some apps ready at launch time.