Microsoft announced that applicants will begin receiving invitations today to purchase the HoloLens Developer Edition for $3,000. The kit will come with the device, a carrying case, a charger, a microfiber cloth, a Bluetooth clicker, nose pads, and an overhead strap. It will ship on March 30.
Software includes HoloStudio, a program for creating 3D in 3D at "real world scale", a version of Skype that allows people to communicate using holograms, HoloTour, which allows the user to transport to other locations, and three games: Fragments, Young Conker, and RoboRaid (previously known as Project X-Ray).
The specs of the HoloLens Development Edition have also been unveiled:
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Optics · See-through holographic lenses (waveguides) |
Sensors · 1 IMU |
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Human Understanding · Spatial sound |
Input / Output / Connectivity · Built-in speakers |
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Power · Battery Life – 2-3 hours of active use, 2 week standby |
Processors · Intel 32 bit architecture |
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Weight · 579g |
Memory · 64GB Flash |
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OS and Apps · Windows 10 |
What you need to develop · Windows 10 PC able to run Visual Studio 2015 and Unity 5.4 |
Seeing a 32 bit architecture and 2 GB of RAM is a bit surprising, given just how powerful and lag-less the device is. What's more notable is the battery life.
Two to three hours of use is fine for a development kit, but it's very low for a consumer model, assuming that the consumer model ships with similar specs and given the use cases we've seen. We've seen HoloLens used to watch Netflix on a holographic display and to stream Halo from an Xbox One.
Source: Neowin
