5 Amazing Features That Have Us Excited About Microsoft’s HoloLens

There were plenty of announcements to get excited about during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference this week, but HoloLens stole the show
5 Amazing Features That Have Us Excited About Microsoft’s HoloLens
Microsoft's Lorraine Bardeen demonstrates HoloLens headset during an event at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., on Jan. 21, 2015. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
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There were plenty of announcements to get excited about during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference this week, but HoloLens stole the show.

Microsoft’s wearable holographic computer was first announced during a Windows 10 event in January, but we didn’t get much more than a general overview of the hardware.

This week, Microsoft went into much greater detail, and CNET has the scoop on the five fundamental features of HoloLens.

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In the first of a series of educational demos, Microsoft showed off gaze control, which gives users the ability to direct their line of sight, represented by a red circle, at specific interactive objects in the scene. This effectively turns your gaze into a mouse cursor.