With Sony announcing its own VR headset last year, it wasn't going to be long before Microsoft got in on the action, announcing the HoloLens at E3 2015, and blowing us away with what it presented. The HoloLens distinguished itself from the competition by calling itself a 'Mixed Reality' headset - essentially a pair of shades through which you can see the real world, but with full-on 3D holograms laid over it. The demo of Minecraft looked impressive, with a full-on interactive hologram of a player-created world projected onto a table in front of the user. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29xnzxgCx6I But this was a WTF moment in more ways than one - would other people be able to see these holograms, as the video here suggests? Would this really be that functional for games, or is it more of a productivity tool, as most of the other HoloLens marketing suggested? The answer to the first question is 'no', and you actually need to wear the lens to actually see the holograms (we knew it looked too good to be true). So it's not really a hologram headset, but more a high-end augmented reality one - which currently costs $3,000 for developers to play around with. Sure, it may still be intriguing, but it's a far cry from the Star Trek device it appeared to be when we first saw it.
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I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.
