Microsoft HoloLens: FIRST Robotics Simulator

[sdangelo]

Originally Posted by JohnFogarty

Wasn't it Dave that was talking about the work he was doing with the Mars Rovers using the Hololens at Championship a while ago? I figure he knows.

https://youtu.be/WPHEgMFoJFA?t=3m27s

Dave Lavery's speech at the closing ceremonies. Start at 4:53 for the HoloLens part, and 10:35 for the specific part about HoloLenses and FIRST teams.

[cad321]

Originally Posted by DareDad

The dev kits that will be available early next year are priced at $3,000 which is probably a reasonable price given how much processing power is in each of those. They're the equivalent of a high end gaming PC with dual or quad SLI miniaturized to be small enough to fit on your head.

I wasn"t trying to imply that it was overpriced. I actually agree that the price is relatively reasonable. I was more trying to get at the fact that this would not be a viable option for many teams in FIRST.