Microsoft HoloLens is amazing tech, but gaming demos are misleading

Aliens bursting through walls. Minecraft on your table. HoloLens gaming seems really magical, right?

Well, it is, and it isn't

Microsoft showed off the HoloLens (and announced its augmented reality headset's price for developers) at its New York City event on Tuesday. A demonstrator onstage played a demo called "X-Ray," where aliens burst through walls of the room to attack him. To fend them off, he used a weapon on his hand so he could short circuit these robots

I played a version of "X-Ray" at E3 in June. Robots do burst through every wall of a blank room, and it was exhilarating to dodge and fight them off using my head movement to shoot back. But it doesn't look nearly as immersive as it did in the above stage demo Read more...