{"id":15029,"date":"2019-05-03T04:18:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/microsoft-announces-the-3500-hololens-2-development-edition.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T04:18:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:18:20","slug":"microsoft-announces-the-3500-hololens-2-development-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/microsoft-announces-the-3500-hololens-2-development-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft announces the $3,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of its rather odd Thursday afternoon pre-Build news dump, Microsoft <\/a> today announced the HoloLens 2 Development Edition. The company announced the much-improved HoloLens 2 at MWC Barcelona earlier this year, but it\u2019s not shipping to developers yet. Currently, the best release date we have is \u201clater this year.\u201d The Development Edition will launch alongside the regular HoloLens 2.<\/p>\n

The Development Edition, which will retail for $3,500 to own outright or on a $99 per month installment plan, doesn\u2019t feature any special hardware. Instead, it comes with $500 in Azure credits and three-month trials of Unity Pro<\/a> and the Unity PiXYZ plugin<\/a> for bringing engineering renderings into Unity.<\/p>\n

To get the Development Edition, potential buyers have to join the Microsoft Mixed Reality Developer Program<\/a> and those who already pre-ordered the standard edition will be able to change their order later this year.<\/p>\n

As far as HoloLens news goes, that\u2019s all a bit underwhelming. Anybody can get free Azure credits, after all (though usually only $200) and free trials of Unity Pro are also readily available (though typically limited to 30 days).<\/p>\n

Oddly, the regular HoloLens 2 was also supposed to cost $3,500<\/a>. It\u2019s unclear if the regular edition will now be somewhat cheaper, cost the same but come without the credits or really why Microsoft is doing this at all. Turning this into a special \u201cDevelopment Edition\u201d feels more like a marketing gimmick than anything else, as well as an attempt to bring some of the futuristic glamour of the HoloLens visor to today\u2019s announcements.<\/p>\n

The folks at Unity are clearly excited, though. \u201cPairing HoloLens 2 with Unity\u2019s real-time 3D development platform enables businesses to accelerate innovation, create immersive experiences, and engage with industrial customers in more interactive ways,\u201d says Tim McDonough, GM of Industrial at Unity, in today\u2019s announcement. \u201cThe addition of Unity Pro and PiXYZ Plugin to HoloLens 2 Development Edition gives businesses the immediate ability to create real-time 2D, 3D, VR, and AR interactive experiences while allowing for the importing and preparation of design data to create real-time experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft also today noted that Unreal Engine 4 support for HoloLens 2 will become available by the end of May. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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