Microsoft starts shipping Hololens 2 for $3,500

Microsoft unveiled Hololens 2, its second-generation augmented reality headset, earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Seattle company’s been taking preorders for months and making units available to select developers, and some reports suggested Hololens 2 would begin shipping broadly as soon as early fall. That didn’t come to pass, but this morning, the company confirmed that the headset will begin shipping to customer doorsteps in the U.S., France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and the U.K. starting today.

A developer edition of Hololens 2 is available for $3,500 (with financing for $99 per user per month) alongside a device-only SKU for $3,500.