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Microsoft Leaks New HoloLens Details (mashable.com)

New submitter moriarty1972 writes: More details about Microsoft's HoloLens have come out. The device will offer roughly five to five and a half hours of battery life when working on Word documents or email, and about two and a half hours when using it for highly intensive computational work involving detailed renderings. Mashable reports: "Microsoft's augmented reality headset called the HoloLens has already won over a number of fans eager to try the device, but details about how it works have been scarce However, a few more bits of information about the HoloLens leaked during a recent event in Tel Aviv, Israel, courtesy of Bruce Harris, a technical evangelist at Microsoft."

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  1. Re:But we STILL haven't seen how it actually looks by ArmoredDragon · · Score: 4, Informative

    They have, and it's kind of lame compared to the concept videos they show. It only grants you a tiny FOV which you're supposed to work within, which is far from the fully immersive world that they showcase in the concept videos.

  2. not leaked, released by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the information was released by Microsoft, not leaked.

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  3. Re:Most accurate article title ever. by pr100 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point is that "leak" is misleading. If it's MS informing us about one of their products, then it's not a "leak".