Microsoft's HoloLens for developers will cost $3,000

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HoloLens was the big star of January's Microsoft event. Now we're inching closer to holographic computing being a reality.

Microsoft announced that its HoloLens Developer Kit will be available in the first quarter of 2016 for $3,000, at its Windows 10 Devices event in New York on Tuesday. The company is now taking applications from interested developers.

This developer kit is quite expensive, so clearly Microsoft is taking its newest device very seriously.

Microsoft shocked the world when it announced HoloLens at its Windows 10 announcement event earlier this year. It's a wearable headset with a lens that combines virtual reality, augmented reality and video in an attempt to reinvent computing. Read more...