{"id":197,"date":"2017-02-20T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2017-02-20T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:21:17","slug":"jumping-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Jumping Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, it leaked out of Microsoft that they were skipping the second version of their HoloLens augmented reality headset, and pushing forward to version 3.0, due for a release sometime in 2019. Microsoft is essentially making the argument that none of the competitors in the AR space have advanced to the point of being a threat to HoloLens, and that they can continue to push on with a massive revamp of the device rather than having to compete for market space on a shorter time frame. It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next couple years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thurrott.com\/hardware\/90780\/microsoft-accelerates-hololens-v3-development-sidesteps-v2\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, it leaked out of Microsoft that they were skipping the second version of their HoloLens augmented reality headset, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[22,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/firefox_2016-02-23_08-46-13-1024x575.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lA9R-3b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56,"url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=56","url_meta":{"origin":197,"position":0},"title":"The Waiting Game","date":"May 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last two years, Microsoft has been focused on the middle and low end of the market, ignoring the flagship market and attempting to make a play for volume and the developing markets. 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