Microsoft's $3K HoloLens dev kit coming in Q1 2016 - At Microsoft's hardware event in New York on Tuesday morning, spidery robot creatures virtually hit physical walls and climbed over real furniture. This was a new game called Project XRay, exhibiting spatially aware augmented reality that could react to a real-world environment.

Microsoft's Terry Myerson proudly showed off the advanced capabilities of HoloLens. He explained, "We're bringing an innovative experience not possible on any other device or platform. Each room is unique, each game is customized to you."

This was all an impressive way of revealing the HoloLens developers kit, which Microsoft said would be available in the first quarter of 2016 for $3000. Microsoft believes that HoloLens is worth the expense and trouble.

"HoloLens is fully untethered: No wires, no phones, no connection to a PC required," Myerson highlighted, referring to the supplementary devices that virtual reality kits require.

Microsoft's HoloLens technology provides category-busting advances in a field of computing that could change how we use technology in our everyday lives.

After years of appearing stagnant, it's also a great halo product for Microsoft, showing how the company is staying ahead of the curve.