2. Microsoft HoloLens

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Until recently, holograms have largely belonged to the world of science fiction and Iron Manmovies. Microsoft is hoping to change that with the Microsoft HoloLens, unveiled in January.

Users will be able to create and interact with personally built or digitally projected holograms while wearing the HoloLens goggles. If users are especially fond of a holographic object they’ve built, they can bring it from the digital world into the physical world with the HoloStudio’s 3D printing capability. And, among other features, wearers of the HoloLens will be able to visually transport themselves to a different location — be it via a friend’s view of his or her room or the Mars Rover’s view of extraterrestrial life.