The update is about to end: Original HoloLens will be stuck in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update

Buying an electronic product has always carried a risk: it quickly becomes outdated It is a maxim that has always been true but now, With the permanent connection and with constant updates to improve performance and operation, it has become more accentuated than ever.

We like our gadgets to be up to date. That they have support from the manufacturer and not only for security reasons and in this sense the phones are the maximum exponent. Unfortunately this is not always the case and devices end up abandoned to their fate by the brand that saw them born, sometimes before their time.And that's what could happen to the original HoloLens.

Support on HoloLens 1: Ending

The HoloLens 1, let's call them that, were the starting gun for Microsoft to gain a foothold in the Augmented Reality market. Designed for a very small market niche in which the developers were always the spearhead, they had always been considered as a prototype rather than a general product.

The arrival of the HoloLens 2, which we met at MWC 2019 in Barcelona, ​​confirmed to a certain extent what was expected: the first version had an heirand the previous generation ran the risk of being left to fend for themselves, something that has finally been confirmed.

There's no doubt about the reason, as Microsoft made it clear today by announcing in the device's support documentation that first-generation HoloLens will no longer receive operating system updates.They will therefore stay with the version released in autumn 2018

Windows 10 October 2018 Update for HoloLens, aka RS5, will be the last release they receive Beyond this , Microsoft will only release security updates and those intended to fix problems. But no more new features.

To have Windows 10 May 2019 Update and later versions we will have to have HoloLens 2, since the first ones have already entered the long-term state of service(LTS).

Although it may be an expected movement, it will not be pleasant at all, especially considering that it is a very exclusive device , for which in its day they were paid in the vast majority of cases, close to 3,500 dollars. A more than high amount for users who in their day dared to get some first batch HoloLens.

And while we can't forget that even the HoloLens 2 already has improvements planned on the horizon. On his day, Alex Kipman commented that they hope to increase vision capacity, inan upcoming review of their Augmented Reality glasses .

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