Microsoft announced HoloLens 2 augmented reality
headset along with the Azure Kinect developer kit at MWC 2019 event. Today,
Microsoft is launching a developer edition of the HoloLens 2 headset with Azure
credits, free trial for Unity software and more.
The developer edition of the HoloLens 2 will come
with support for Unreal Engine 4 SDK and developers will be able to start using
it by the end of May. The developer kit will include the HoloLens 2 hardware,
Azure credits and free trials for Unity Pro and Unity PiXYZ Plugin for CAD
data.
The developer kit is priced at US$ 3500 and there is no information on the exact release date yet. But,
Microsoft the developer and commercial units are expected to be delivered this
year.
To recall, The HoloLens 2 contains a new display
system that enables it to achieve these significant advances in performance at
low power. By taking advantage of the new time-of-flight depth sensor, combined
with built-in AI and semantic understanding, HoloLens 2 enables direct
manipulation of holograms with the same instinctual interactions you would use
with physical objects in the real world.
HoloLens 2 contains eye-tracking sensors that make
interacting with holograms even more natural. You can log in with Windows Hello
through iris recognition. It features light carbon-fiber material and a new
mechanism for donning the device without readjusting. Microsoft has improved
the thermal management with new vapor chamber technology and accounted for the
wide physiological variability in the size and shape of human heads.
