Everyone is talking about the Apple Vision Pro (okay, well, they were for about 5 minutes). But as long-time Windows watchers, we sit by the sidelines, once again, watching as Apple "invents" another category Microsoft effectively pioneered with HoloLens.
The spatial hologrammatic anchors seen in the Apple Vision Pro were present in HoloLens over half a decade ago, although increasingly, it seems like HoloLens' future is largely in peril. Microsoft also announced that Windows Mixed Reality is dead. The platform, which powered OEM Windows-based headsets from the likes of Dell and HP, will no longer receive updates. HoloLens is powered by "Windows Holographic," although the lack of interest from Microsoft seems to be hinting that the nascent product is rapidly hurtling towards the Microsoft Graveyard, squashed by the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro.
