Microsoft taking applications for $3,000 HoloLens dev kits for shipping Q1 2016

On one hand, the hololens demo at E3 really blew me away last year. The way it worked with Minecraft was impressive. On the other hand, I'm not sure if I'd really use it often. Kinda similar to kinect in that it has nice features but I'm not sure if I would use it enough to justify buying it.

Their HoloLens demo was pretty amazing, but also super misleading. The field of view is more like looking through a tiny window which will greatly inhibit immersion. I wouldn't rag so hard on them about this, but whenever they show a demo of it it's always a full room hologram...

This looks clunky and a lot of the marketing looks contrived. We all know it won't work the same as in the videos, since the viewport is more constrained.

More than that, I feel that with every VR solution there is a comfort and practicality issue. How long will it be comfortable on your neck and head to be wearing this?

For limited applications and for a short period of time then Hololens and similar tech could be useful and entertaining but in general I still thing the hype is ahead of the technology.

The HoloLens visual is not what they marketed... your Visual Area is quite small.