Can't it be both? HoloLens doesn't have to be pigeon-holed. The tech in Version 1 might not be perfectly suitable for gaming, but Version 2 could be if the FOV is improved.
Never said it couldn't be both. Most of us who've been introduced to Hololens' concept already assumed it would be a bit of both.
But "HoloLens V.1 aimed at Enterprise Users, not gaming" seems to contradict what we've seen so far, specifically, the device being used for gaming and journalists speculating about how else it could be used for gaming.
I don't think it is contradicting as much as it is clarifying.
Uh huh. "Look at this gaming application for our new tech" followed by "our new tech isn't focused at gamers" is what you would consider clarification....ONE MONTH after the events of E3. When Nintendo messed up the messaging with Wii U and people thought it was a Wii peripheral, Nintendo at least had the decency to tweet about it the next day and clarify "The Wii U is a new system". But I guess Microsoft's clarification got backburnered. They were too busy clarifying how they'd "won E3" in social media on certain websites in the UK.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I don't see any shitting of the bed here. Maybe Microsoft read some of the takeaways from E3 and thought "You know what? They're right. The FOV is a little too limited right now for gaming. Let's put more emphases on the Enterprise for this version and then swing back around to gaming once the tech has improved."
You honestly think that Microsoft is having a change of heart and is silently taking our advice? When has Microsoft actually done this?
I can think of plenty of times when they havent:
- "You know what? Project Natal can't do all the things we say it can. Maybe we should tone down the promises and focus on what it CAN do."
- "You know what? Kinect 2.0 is pretty neat, but it's pretty spotty in other respects. Maybe we shouldn't rush this to market and promise twice as many features as we did with the first Kinect."
- "You know what? We promised that you can sell your digital creations for cash on the Xbox Marketplace, way back when the Xbox launched, but maybe we should deliver on this"
- "You know what? Halo MCC is about to ship and it really isn't up to par. We should probably hold this game back instead of rushing it out for Holiday because we're getting crushed in sales numbers"
- "You know what? We were wrong about always-online and we should've reacted immediately, clarified our message, and listened to gamers instead of dragging the Xbox brand through the mud for months before we eventually flip-flopped. But Kinect, hey, at least we're keeping our promise that Kinect is integral to the Xbox One experience"