Straight out of the movies.... we saw a version of HoloLens in Hunger Games....

Microsoft begins first shipments of HoloLens to developers

MICROSOFT has finally sent out its first shipments of the HoloLens augmented reality headgear, as the software giant looks to assert itself in what is expected to be an emerging computing platform.

HoloLens is being delivered to application developers, with Microsoft opting for augmented reality rather than virtual reality in devices such as the Facebook-acquired Oculus Rift.

The product is a huge point of difference for Microsoft and the shipment comes as the company’s annual development conference gets under way.

The Build conference kicked off in San Francisco this morning where developers got their latest look at the device and what it can do.

While virtual reality is fully immersive, the partly immersive augmented reality allows users to multitask via virtual images superimposed on their normal field of view.

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