Microsoft Hololens Project X Ray Demo

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Microsoft held an event Tuesday in New York City where it showed a number of new devices, including the hot Surface Pro 4, new Lumia-branded Windows 10 smartphones with Continuum, and the surprise no one saw coming, the Surface Book hybrid laptop.



But before any of those new devices were actually shown, Microsoft demoed some exciting new HoloLens mixed-reality technology, dubbed Project X-Ray, that allowed a gamer - named Dan -- to battle holographic robots right on stage, live. During the demo, Dan 'held' a holographic gauntlet gun that he used to fire lasers and blast robots as they hovered in the air or broke through the makeshift walls. Live at the event, onlookers could see what Dan was seeing in his HoloLens augmented reality lenses up on the big screens and the effects and interactions were impressive. 

Microsoft also revealed at the event that its HoloLens Developer Kit would be available in Q1 2016. The company plans to engage with developers worldwide to leverage the technology. The development kit will cost $3000 initially, and enable developers to experiment with and build applications for Augmented and Mixed Reality and the HoloLens platform, but no official word yet on when Microsoft plans productize Hololens - via Hothardware.

Microsoft Hololens Project X Ray Demo


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