Microsoft to have holographic developer kits for cheap VR headsets at GDC

Microsoft will have Windows Holographic developer kits at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2017, according to a video on the company's Channel 9 site that was spotted by MSPoweruser. GDC will run February 27 to March 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The Windows 10 Creators Update, currently anticipated to be released in April, will include a wealth of new 3D, virtual, and augmented reality capabilities. This will be used with a range of relatively cheap headsets such as the one Lenovo showed at CES.

So far, however, Microsoft hasn't revealed a great deal about Windows Holographic's APIs, capabilities, or compatibility, though information has been trickling out. Insider preview builds of the Creators Update showed that the PC hardware requirements will be lower than those of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, with the GPU demands in particular being significantly reduced (with even integrated graphics acceptable).