Unboxing Microsoft's HoloLens Development Edition

Microsoft officially unveiled the augmented reality headset packaging on Tuesday during the opening keynote for its Build 2016 developers conference. I got a special opportunity to unbox one of the early units.

Seeing the package for the first time, you finally understand what $3,000 gets you in the world of cutting-edge holographic headgear.

The large, birthday cake-sized box is made of black, heavy cardboard, with an outline graphic of the product. When you open it, you see Microsoft's trademark blue and a fully cocooned HoloLens Development Edition. That cocoon is actually the gray carrying case, which has a single, thumb-sized loop for portability. Read more...