The Verge: "The HoloLens is amazing, except when it’s terrible"

[Dr. Pezus]

http://www.neowin.net/news/round-2-with-hololens-a-bright-future-ahead-a-narrow-field-of-view-today

[BananaKing]

http://www.neowin.net/news/round-2-with-hololens-a-bright-future-ahead-a-narrow-field-of-view-today

my problem with this article is when they do finally fix the field of view issue (which is a big issue), then what?  am i gonna keep dropping balls in the underworld for the rest of my life? sure, the TV is a neat trick, but one that can be done on a cellphone or tablet. 3d modeling is ughh... if your gonna do a detailed model, you arent gonna go around doing it in hololens for hours upon end, its way too tiring, a mouse and PC are much, much more accurate as well. they showed the minecraft world around you, ok, cool, but then what? how is the game played?

like everything that uses AR before, the novelty will run its course, and quite quickly.

[darkknightkryta]

my problem with this article is when they do finally fix the field of view issue (which is a big issue), then what?  am i gonna keep dropping balls in the underworld for the rest of my life? sure, the TV is a neat trick, but one that can be done on a cellphone or tablet. 3d modeling is ughh... if your gonna do a detailed model, you arent gonna go around doing it in hololens for hours upon end, its way too tiring, a mouse and PC are much, much more accurate as well. they showed the minecraft world around you, ok, cool, but then what? how is the game played?

like everything that uses AR before, the novelty will run its course, and quite quickly.

Isn't Hololens also hella expensive?

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

It will be.

[Legend]

Isn't Hololens also hella expensive?

Probably not that bad for raw parts. Cheap proccessing and minimal optics. I don't know how Microsoft is displaying the images but even if it's hundreds per eye, that's not too bad.

[darkknightkryta]

Probably not that bad for raw parts. Cheap proccessing and minimal optics. I don't know how Microsoft is displaying the images but even if it's hundreds per eye, that's not too bad.

That's like 500...

[kitler53]

Probably not that bad for raw parts. Cheap proccessing and minimal optics. I don't know how Microsoft is displaying the images but even if it's hundreds per eye, that's not too bad.

i thought it was already aluded to that it would be around $800.

...and that's too bad if they want the anyone to buy it.

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

i thought it was already aluded to that it would be around $800.

...and that's too bad if they want the anyone to buy it.

I'd be surprised if it was 800.

[Legend]

That's like 500...

Isn't it crazy that in the smartphone age $500 feels average?

[the-pi-guy]

Isn't it crazy that in the smartphone age $500 feels average?

It doesn't feel average to me. 
I'm still cheap.  50$ is average.  200$ is high end. After that is madness. 

[Legend]

It doesn't feel average to me. 
I'm still cheap.  50$ is average.  200$ is high end. After that is madness. 

Apple watch: $500-$4,000
Iphone:  $650
Ipad: $400 to $580
S6: $685 to $814
Xperia z: $630

[the-pi-guy]

Apple watch: $500-$4,000
Iphone:  $650
Ipad: $400 to $580
S6: $685 to $814
Xperia z: $630

Like I said madness. 
My smart phone cost 50$. 

[Dr. Pezus]

Like I said madness. 
My smart phone costed 50$. 

cost*

[the-pi-guy]

cost*

That's what the government wants you to think. 

[Aura7541]

Like I said madness. 
My smart phone costed 50$.

I do something similarly with my iPhone. When I upgrade, I don't upgrade to the latest model. I go for the one before so I only have to pay $99.