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Microsoft is pushing Windows Holographic as OS.

It is a Windows platform where you can place 2D windows in 3D space while some applications can display 3D graphics. You end up e.g. having a browser on one wall, a photos app on another wall, and a weather app on a third wall. It is not quite there yet, I think. But it is actually pretty cool!

For now, it feels like Microsoft is way ahead of Apple and Google on the OS side.

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But isn't it just because they show things in development? Apple doesn't do that. And Google has learned a few lessons in that regard too.

Hmm... Not entirely sure.

Windows Holographic is out there with end-users. Albeit with some/many shortcomings and obviously still being developed (like every other OS) -- I would compare it more to iOS 1.0, which was pretty stable but also had many short comings.

Apple and Google haves not released anything for end-users or even demoed anything... so I still feel Microsoft is ahead. Obviously, I don't know what Apple and Google are working on internally (or Microsoft for that matter).

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