Gadgetory

this is an exciting time for tech you put on your face I'm Bridget Carey this is your see not update the next wave of virtual and augmented reality headsets are moving from the fantasy hype dreamworld into the real world microsoft's hololens is now available for pre-order if you happen to be a computer program developer with three thousand dollars to spare microsoft is only offering the preorder sales by invitation and even then it will not arrive until march 30th in the US and canada microsoft wants to limit these early models in order for programmers to create a library of apps now remember hololens is not virtual reality you can see through the screen images just sort of float around your field of vision that's augmented reality you could think of it as mixed reality we also know a little more about the unit itself it has two gigs of ram 64 gigs of storage and it weighs about 1.2 pounds it's wireless and the battery should last for two to three hours packed into the visor are multiple sensors to know your movement along with cameras microphones and a light sensor to detect the environment around you and that's not the only headset getting attention now anyone can pre-order the virtual reality gaming headset by HTC it's called the HTC vive and it costs eight hundred dollars the first batch is arriving to customers on april fifth if 800 bucks sounds a bit pricey that's because it's much more powerful than other headsets it has a motion tracking system to let you walk around a room there are the sensors you put in the room so it knows how you're moving your whole body and it also comes with this own wireless motion controller sticks but you won't be walking around too far in the room it needs a cord to be connected to a powerful gaming PC and virtual reality gaming will also get a big push from Sony this year with PlayStation VR there have been a few early game demos of the PlayStation VR which may be out this summer and it's going to use move hand controllers but perhaps the next generation will not need you to hold anything to navigate the world maybe you just wear a glove sony has filed a patent application for a glove controller that would detect how your fingers are positioned and a pressure sensor to know how much force you're applying and you can even get some pulsing feedback on your hand to know what you're interacting with the patent was filed back in 2014 but it's only coming out now the Nintendo Power glove was ahead of its time but maybe this is what the power glove should have been that's it for this tech news update you can head to cnet.com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey