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The Microsoft HoloLens 2 is a next-generation, augmented reality headset built for enterprise workers who use their hands and can't benefit from phones, tablets, or computers in the same way that other industries can. Microsoft is targeting corporations like auto shops or factory floors to re-imagine the work environment.<ref name="alpha">https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/18235460/microsoft-hololens-2-price-specs-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019</ref>

The HoloLens 2 has both hand and eye tracking capabilities. Hand tracking includes simplified gestures compared to the original HoloLens thanks to 25 points of articulation on each hand. Eye tracking includes the ability to pinpoint something with your eyes and verablize verbalize commands for actions to take, like closing a browser. Eye tracking is new to the HoloLens line. With a camera, the device can also scan your retina to authenticate you into the platform.<ref name="alpha"></ref>

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/18235460/microsoft-hololens-2-price-specs-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019There are other noteable notable improvements to the HoloLens 2 compared to the HoloLens. Not only can can it map the space you are in (spatial mapping), but it can understand the objects around you, like knowing that is a couch or a desk (semantic understanding of space). One reviewer noted it was more comfortable and easier to gesture, as well. The HoloLens 2 comes with a larger field of vision, though it's still significantly limited. <ref name="alpha"></ref>

compared to predecessor:more comfortable, large field Another reviewer noted the memory of view, easier gestures, better detection of real-life objects, more accurate hand trackingnew: Azure Kinect sensor, an ARM processor, eyethe HoloLens 2 -tracking sensors, it can save your browser exactly where and an entirely different display systemhow it was if you move or leave. It can also remember where you've placed annotation in your environment.<ref name="beta">https://www.thevergecnet.com/2019news/hands-on-at-home-with-microsofts-hololens-2/24</ref> There are several different [https:/18235460/docs.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/hololens2-options editions of the HoloLens 2]:* HoloLens 2 with Remote Assist* HoloLens 2-price-specs-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019Industrial Edition* HoloLens 2 Industrial Edition with Remote Assist* Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2* HoloLens 2 Development Edition

Purchase from Microsoft StoreThe HoloLens 2 started shipping on Nov 7, Insight2019 for $3, or SHI500. It was, and continues to be, an enterprise-only headset.

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==Accessories==HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset - Red https://wwwTo fit the headset, you can dial the headset tighter or looser on the back.microsoftYou can add an optional top band.com/en-us/d/hyperx-cloud-ii-gaming-headset-red/8pc2qjgpp29z

==AppsInput Devices==Dynamic 365 Guides, will be a mixed reality app with templates to create instructions for repairing real-world things

Azure Remote Rendering that lets the HoloLens offload some compute load to the cloud. It exists because the The HoloLens 2 can only store tracks your hands and render a limited kind of detail for something like a 3D render of an engine locallyeyes. With Remote Rendering, some of the detail can It does not come in real time from the cloud, so it displays potentially infinite levels of detail, allowing you to model and interact with the smallest parts of a holographic machinecontroller.

On Microsoft's website, you can purchase a HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset for over-ear sounds with passive noise cancellation.<ref name="patty">https://www.thevergemicrosoft.com/2019en-us/2d/24/18235460/microsofthyperx-hololenscloud-2ii-pricegaming-specsheadset-mixed-reality-ar-vr-business-work-features-mwc-2019red/8pc2qjgpp29z</ref>

==Apps==* '''Dynamic 365 Guides''' - includes templates to create instructions for repairing real-world things<ref name="alpha"></ref>* '''Azure Remote Rendering''' - offloads some computing to the cloud which enables you to surpass the storage and rendering limitations of the stand-alone headset<ref name="alpha"></ref>* '''Azure Spatial Anchors''' - lets you pin holograms to places in the real world<ref name="alpha"></ref>* '''Microsoft Mesh, a technology promising a way ''' - allows you to beam visualize holograms of people into in the same , shared , virtual space, shows amazing promise.https://www.cnet.com/news/hands-on-at-home-with-microsofts-hololens-2<ref name="beta"></ref>

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