{"id":196264,"date":"2017-01-27T17:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=196264"},"modified":"2017-01-27T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:35:12","slug":"cheaper-microsoft-hololens-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/196264-cheaper-microsoft-hololens-planned.html","title":{"rendered":"Cheaper Microsoft HoloLens planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s HoloLens commercial lead Roger Walkden said the headset is not selling well, but the company will continue developing the technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/117352-windows-holographic-microsoft-unveils-the-future-of-windows.html\"><strong>HoloLens is a see-through display<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0you wear on your head which creates holograms in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>HoloLens supports holograms natively without markers or external cameras, and it does not require wires, a phone, or a connection to a PC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-hololens\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Microsoft HoloLens<\/strong><\/a> Development Edition costs $3,000, while the Commercial Suite is priced at $5,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinquirer.net\/inquirer\/news\/3003380\/microsoft-hololens-firm-admits-sales-figures-are-in-the-thousands\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Walkden told The Inquirer<\/strong><\/a> that the company is selling \u201cthousands\u201d of HoloLens devices, which they are happy with.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is a roadmap for the device and that consumers can expect more affordable versions in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just remember this is version one, and there will be future versions,&#8221; said Walkden.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/182708-microsoft-hololens-launching-in-more-countries.html\">Microsoft HoloLens launching in more countries<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft said it is not selling many HoloLens headsets, but the company is upbeat about the product &#8211; with future models planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":159924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36318,123,28484],"class_list":["post-196264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-hololens","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-hololens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196268,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196264\/revisions\/196268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}