HoloLens version for developers will be in 2016 at a price of $ 3000

Just for a special occasion Microsoft, dedicated to the release of new devices on Windows 10, executive vice president Terry Meyerson has shown a new version points HoloLens, which the authors call "wearable holographic computer." The presentation device is an interactive computer game that played on stage one of the participants. He said after the demonstration Meyerson, HoloLens will be available in the first quarter of next year version of "developers" and will cost $ 3000. However, points will be issued the appropriate SDK to develop for them.

New features HoloLens have been shown on the example of the shooter Project X-Ray, in which the player with a special real manipulator, turning the game into a weapon, it was necessary to shoot at him from attacking enemies. It looked so hostile that player characters can gradually erode the surrounding "real" objects appearing "out of the wall" and shoot him from a laser weapon with a characteristic whistling sound. In turn, the player can evade shots and change their ammunition, including, if necessary, something like "laser shield". It looked something like the following:





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Terry Meyerson specially stressed that the kit HoloLens is fully autonomous, without requiring the game even wirelessly connect itself to any computer or your smartphone.

The actual time of appearance HoloLens for ordinary customers, and the cost of the kit is not yet known. Recently Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, рассказал, that the development of "holographic computer" It took about five years. Previously also reported about Microsoft's plans to send a set of points HoloLens the ISS.

Points Google Glass, which also were issued for a limited number of enthusiasts and testers of the program Explorer Edition, sold for $ 1,500 from the beginning of 2013. Until now points in the free market did not appear. The first "developer" version of virtual reality glasses Oculus Rift in 2013 cost the developer $ 300. In May of this year was the известно, that the consumer version of Oculus Rift should appear in the next year.

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