Microsoft starts taking preorders for HoloLens Development Edition, shipping March 30

Microsoft today announced that it’s starting to send developers invitations to preorder the $3,000 HoloLens Development Edition version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset. The kits will ship to people in the U.S. and Canada starting on March 30.

Microsoft had said pre-orders would begin last month. But still, the preorder milestone is coming just over a year after Microsoft first unveiled the HoloLens during an event at company headquarters. Microsoft has provided early models to people at NASA, Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland Clinic. Now just about any developer who wants one of the official Development Edition models can sign up to buy one.