Incidentally to sign up for the Windows 10 cross platform Xbox One beta you need to currently have a Microsoft account and a Valid Xbox Gamertag. Thankfully I have both, however I did try to sign up for this beta with email accounts that do not have a gamer tag and would not get the confirmation email, the one email tied to my gamertag got the confirmation email instantly.
Not realy there is an install key given by microsoft that also activates the windows Update You have a Pm
download link from technical preview removed and everything. they are redoing the whole site. I feel that them saying "in the next week" was a error and meant next coming days.... I know that I will more devoted to this build and coming builds. I didnt do much with the technical preview mainly for the fact is was a technical preview. and I felt it was missing too much to be judged.
What if both are the SAME account? What if both are the same account? It's NOT a silly question, as a lot of folks use a single account for services from the same company (my Microsoft account is my one account for all things Microsoft, just as my Google account is the single connection for all Google services).
Yeah the techpreview was ok to access what is going to be in there but I had to go back to Windows 8.1 since nothing wanted to work right even the DCs wouldn't authenticate right.
From what I have seen using different emails with and without a gamertag, is that you will only receive the confirmation email for the beta sign up if your email has an existing gamertag tied to it. I am not sure if you can creat a gamertag without owning any xbox. I can't really remember as my xbox is sitting in a closet but I thought all gamertags had to have an email tied to it. So I guess what I am trying to state is that you cannot sign up for the Win 10 cross platform beta unless you have gamertag and then you must use the email tied to that particular gamertag. Hope I explained this better.
You CAN create a GamerTag without ever owning an Xbox - mine dates back to the original Xbox, and I have NEVER owned one - ever.
Like I said I could not remember that one detail...but you have to have a gamertag tied to the email you use in order to sign up for this win 10 cross platform beta.
Afforability is THE issue with any VR technology - the same is true of Oculus. However, with Microsoft behind it (and Windows 10 supporting it, and the Big Brains at places with JPL working with early hardware and code already) it definitely will NOT be another Kinect - it ofers WAY too many possibilities to be dismissed. There are several rather PLEBIAN possibilities for HoloLens - a virtual UI/UX for Windows itself measurable in feet. HoloSkype with Avatar Support. HoloCraft (Minecraft VR). All the above is mere surface-scratching.
Depends on what you are expecting, it will easily take 5-10 years before HoloLens is amazing enough for mainstream, what's important here is that Windows 10 has these APIs (which will grow with time) and HoloLens runs Windows 10 (probably not the desktop version^^) and Microsoft is welcoming other AR developers to join in, the best part here is that Microsoft created a AR platform! Basicly you can write Holo Apps that work on HoloLens but if Magic Leap goes and uses the W10 platform these same Apps can work there but it needs to be seen how sophisticated these API's are, how well they can even integrate to a completly different device etc.