Microsoft Has Cancelled the Second-Gen HoloLens, Working on Third-Gen For 2019 Launch (thurrott.com)

Citing several unnamed sources, long-time blogger Brad Sams is reporting that Microsoft has canceled the second iteration of the HoloLens in an attempt to focus on even more advanced HoloLens. The company, he says, now plans to launch that third iteration of HoloLens in 2019. From the report: Back when the first version of HoloLens came out, Microsoft created a roadmap that highlighted several release points for the product. This isn't unusual, you start with the first device, second generation devices are typically smaller and more affordable and then with version three you introduce new technology that upgrades the experience; this is a standard process path in the technology sector. Microsoft, based on my sources, is sidelining what was going to be version two of HoloLens and is going straight to version three. By skipping what was version two on their roadmap, the company can accelerate version three which will be closer to a generational leap and help keep Microsoft ahead of the competition. My sources are telling me that this version of HoloLens will not arrive until 2019.

Comments

If Apple built a Hololens we'd never hear about it

[RandyHill]

Until it was ready for release. It's just bad product management to tease products that aren't ready for release yet, solve the main problems behind locked doors first.

Innovation

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

Ya gotta admit, it's pretty fucking innovative to cancel the product before it's even launched.

Off topic about the Ad

[fuzzyf]

Could the intern who taped/stapled/glued the Ad on the top of slashdot (Classic view) please be given time to learn Javascript/css?

Looks likes something from early dot-com. It makes the page behave oddly and annoyingly (on all my devices, but more so on iphone).

I heard one guy made a deal with the Robot Devil

[Thud457]

well to be fair, the hololens is such a difficult instrument, only a few people in the whole universe can master it.