Now you can explore Microsoft's HoloLens in 3D

 By 
Lance Ulanoff
 on 
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality headgear, was the unexpected star of the Windows 10 consumer build launch on Wednesday.

But within minutes of introducing the stylish, gray heads-up display, Microsoft hid it away, instead giving us hands-on time with HoloLens' skeletal prototype. We couldn't wear, photograph or touch the more polished version seen on stage.

That's okay, though -- because we'll always have this fully manipulatable 3D model to admire.

Microsoft HoloLens

by Mashable

on Sketchfab

Built by 3D-modeling site Sketchfab from existing Microsoft and press photos of the Windows 10-based HoloLens, the rendering is surprisingly accurate. I know because I was able to spend five minutes ogling a near-final design prototype sitting under Plexiglas at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington headquarters.

Check it out and be sure to click around to read our technical annotations.

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