Microsoft Introduces the HoloLens 2: Twice the View for $3,500

Published 2019-02-25 07:52 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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Kaarme

2019-02-25 09:23

With a price like that, it's only meant for professional applications where it will increase productivity enough to compensate. Most certainly not meant for Pokemon Go, unless you are an oil prince from Middle East.

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Backstabak

2019-02-25 13:19

Kaarme:

With a price like that, it's only meant for professional applications where it will increase productivity enough to compensate. Most certainly not meant for Pokemon Go, unless you are an oil prince from Middle East.

That's true but with minuscule user base it will have poor support by any SW. It's a nice gimmick, but I don't think that something priced like that can really succeed. We can look into past at i.e. wifi, it had competitors that were technically superior, but the price of wifi outcompeted all.

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reix2x

2019-02-25 16:37

what a nice and expensive way of loosing the time.. nobody wants to move the arms like that while working +8 hours

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mohiuddin

2019-02-25 19:27

I wonder how a blue screen of death would look like in mixed reality . 😛

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Fox2232

2019-02-25 19:54

mohiuddin:

I wonder how a blue screen of death would look like in mixed reality . 😛

Electro shock to head? Anyway, just seeing this price tag tells me that it is not meant for consumers, entertainment, daily gadget for masses. Maybe when price falls down to range of expensive Cellphones...

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jbmcmillan

2019-02-25 20:10

Fox2232:

Electro shock to head? Anyway, just seeing this price tag tells me that it is not meant for consumers, entertainment, daily gadget for masses. Maybe when price falls down to range of expensive Cellphones...

They have a contract with the American military for the technology that might have something to do with it.

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JJayzX

2019-02-26 00:50

Backstabak:

That's true but with minuscule user base it will have poor support by any SW. It's a nice gimmick, but I don't think that something priced like that can really succeed. We can look into past at i.e. wifi, it had competitors that were technically superior, but the price of wifi outcompeted all.

Did you see any gaming? It's not for games or consumers in general. The hololens has become a professional gadget for industries.

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XP-200

2019-02-26 01:08

I just ordered two in case one broke. Lol Hopefully the R&D done on these things trickles down into future retail vr and helps it evolve.

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Backstabak

2019-02-26 09:15

JJayzX:

Did you see any gaming? It's not for games or consumers in general. The hololens has become a professional gadget for industries.

I never claimed it is for games, I said it would require SW support and I'm skeptical that with small user base there will be any. However, if you claim that it has already become a professional tool, then please do tell where it is actually used.

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fantaskarsef

2019-02-26 09:37

JJayzX:

Did you see any gaming? It's not for games or consumers in general.

Good, because for a price like that it has to run RTX post processing with 60fps+ over the real world image or I won't buy it.