You can score HoloLens 2 for under $3,000 right now

HoloLens and Microsoft Windows logo (Image credit: Future)

HoloLens 2 is no small investment with its standard MSRP of $3,500. But you can make the wallet dent a little less severe now through November 15, 2021, wherein the device will be available for $2,975. That still isn't exactly cheap, but if you've been saving up your pennies for one of the most intense augmented reality experiences on the market, this is your chance to save a chunk of change big enough to afford you an Xbox Series X.

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Now through November 15, 2021, you can save $525 on one of Microsoft's more expensive devices: HoloLens 2. It's an augmented reality headset (goggles, if you'd prefer) that'll let you do and see some wacky stuff in the real world around you.

If you're even briefly considering buying this thing, there's no way you don't already know a bit about it. But in case you've read this far and still aren't sure what these fancy goggles are all about, here's how Microsoft describes the HoloLens 2: "HoloLens 2 is an ergonomic, untethered self-contained holographic device with enterprise-ready applications to increase user accuracy and output. Get started right away with off-the-shelf applications or build a custom solution using Microsoft Azure services."

In other words, you're going to look through its lenses and see some wild stuff that might not exist in the real world. Sound cool? Well, it is. $2,975 cool? That's up to you.

To give you an idea of where Microsoft is sending this tech beyond random buyers' shopping carts on its website, the company recently got contracted by the U.S. Army to make a variation of these headsets for soldiers to use to save lives and more efficiently eliminate targets (you know what that means) in the battlefield. In short, HoloLens isn't an insignificant piece of tech.

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Robert Carnevale was formerly a News Editor for Windows Central. He's a big fan of Kinect (it lives on in his heart), Sonic the Hedgehog, and the legendary intersection of those two titans, Sonic Free Riders. He is the author of Cold War 2395.