We've had ours on back order for 18 months and counting. It is technically out there, but hard to get for companies.

Maybe try ordering from insight.com? Or check the hololens subreddit, apparently there are a number of companies which can get one out to customers within a few days.

Right - I don’t think Apple is likely to release a ‘developers’ system.

I think it would be aimed at actual designers and engineers etc.

Presumably they would partner with some key developers like Autodesk to have some apps ready at launch time.

Isn't hololens2 significantly lower resolution? You can't really have a virtual workspace unless the resolution is incredibly high.

Hololens 2 is not a virtual reality headset. It's a wearable HUD and UI (since you can control it with hand gestures). It's an industrial inspections and automation tool - and for those use cases the users love it. For offerings in this space built around Hololens 2 see for example https://fieldtech.trimble.com/en/products/mixed-reality/trim...

The virtual workspace for hololens is the physical world. The view area is a bit small. But the idea is not in HL to create a virtual world, but to overlay information to the real world.

Even better, IMHO based on anecdotal personal experience

Yeah I've used a hololens for a building walkthrough (showing a new fitout) and whilst it was a cool experience, the resolution was really low, and the field of view was tiny - just a small square in each eye.

The latency tracking was on par with other headsets, which I consider quite good.

Disclaimer: I work for MSFT, opinions my own, yadda yadda yadda.