I'm so excited to see this. I cannot wait to try one of these on for the first time. I'm going to bet writing apps for this kit will be a lot of fun . And all the C# .NET developers can say again, thank you Microsoft since they have committed to one platform, one store, all device types. I think it will be a while yet before there are thousands of developers working on this, but it will grow exponentially for a while…
"the market has not fully priced in holograms" Did you factor in the potential disruption by Magic Leap? Retinal projection could be a better bet long-term.
But imagine picking up an original iPhone today and comparing it to v6. Now imagine HoloLens going through that refinement process.
If the platform is as powerful as it sounds, and you can openly develop software which effectively leverages that platform, how is that not awesome?
I mean, it's an entirely new hardware form factor that we all get to hack on and play with, and it's not a sure thing, but if it goes well, it could become mainstream and open an entirely new era of computing.
That's the vision anyway... like I said, I'll choose to believe the hype because it's more fun that way.
Thinking about the design a bit, it's interesting all the compute is on the band, and not broken out to a separate box communicating over wireless. They mention fans blowing hot air away from your head, and then add in the battery too... how long can it run?
I think their use cases are a little weak. There are much more impressive things you could do with this kit.
Also, what does it look like in a dark room?