HoloLen hardware can be purchased here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/buy

Hardly the device for my kids to play Minecraft on like MS hyped. Starting to feel like another Kinect - the preview movie was amazing, the actually shipped one, meh.

Wasn't it introduced at build, the developer conference? I imagine that should have given a good indicator as to their initial target market while use cases are built up for production versions. The Mixed Reality headsets seem to be in the same vain, an opportunity to start introducing that tech to developers at a lower price point.

If Windows 10 is the "forever" version of Windows with continuous upgrades then they've got plenty of time!

They're not really focused on making a consumer version, they're trying to turn it into an enterprise product first

Don't they follow that model for everything? For stuff like RAM, HDD's and anything related to computers? They actually build the product for enterprise and then also sell it to individual consumers.

The "cheaper consumer version" focus for now seems to be on the Windows 10 Mixed Reality goggles coming out in the Fall. Yes, it's not HoloLens displays (it's classic LCD screens strapped to your face) or standalone computer (it's tethered to a PC), but it is cheaper and it will be consumer focused in the Fall (and it will use most of the same Windows platform support and niceties like inside-out tracking).

Well windows 10's time frame is now "as long as Microsoft is in business". It's going to be a series of beta quality builds until eternity.

It has been available for more than a year.