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Project X-ray brings "wearable holograms" to HoloLens

The latest HoloLens demo shows off some pretty cool uses for Microsoft's AR tech.

A new HoloLens demo called Project X-ray debuted at the Microsoft October 2015 Event today.

Microsoft talked up the augmented reality device's capacity for supporting "wearable holograms" - holograms which track your movement, so it looks like they're attached to your body - as well as the way HoloLens allows for freedom of movement around the real environment by projecting onto real surfaces - cord free.

An impressive live demo showed a player fighting aliens that broke through a nearby wall. He aimed and shot at the invaders with a wrist-mounted holographic weapon, and dodged their incoming fire by sidestepping.

Scrub to 1:33 to watch the demo. It's pretty cool.

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HoloLens dev kits go on sale early next year for $300.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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