Rumor: Microsoft makes next HoloLens ‘signifcantly cheaper’ than current one

Microsoft wants to announce a second version of its ar-glasses HoloLens this year. The new version should be ‘signifcantly cheaper’ than the current one, which Microsoft offers for 3299 euros, claims The Verge. The lower price should boost demand from companies.

The HoloLens 2 should be released in 2019, The Verge reports based on its own sources. Among other things, the new HoloLens must have a wide angle of view, so that the virtual objects can be in a wider area of ​​​​users’ view. It should also be much lighter and more comfortable to wear, the site claims.

This spring, rumors were already coming out about the upcoming AR glasses, which would bear the code name Sydney. The HoloLens 2 would run on Windows Core OS, which Microsoft is developing under the name Oasis. Microsoft would trade the Intel processor for an ARM soc. Microsoft is already working with Qualcomm in the ARM version of Windows 10 for Always Connected PCs and the Redmond company put a Qualcomm X16 modem in its Surface Pro LTE. The first HoloLens has an Intel Cherry Trail soc on x86 architecture. Microsoft previously said that the next version will have an AI coprocessor.