This year during E3 those that demoed the Halo 5: Guardians new Warzone multiplayer mode were treated to an exclusive, holographic experience made possible by HoloLens. Instead simply watching a briefing video, fans boarded the UNSC ship Infinity and were guided by vivid, interactive holograms through the pre-gameplay briefing. The popularity of the experience spread quickly throughout E3 and the line certainly didn’t get shorter, but fans seemed to agree, “it was totally worth it.”
Halo 5’s Hololens demo is a glimpse of the future: http://t.co/3RXI5Ytw94 pic.twitter.com/25pZCGAROn
— IGNUK (@IGNUK) June 17, 2015
Had an amazing HoloLens demo for Halo 5. That tech is legit!!
— Victor Lucas (@Victor_Lucas) June 17, 2015
@Microsoft‘s demos of #HoloLens for #Minecraft & #Halo has me like “Shut up & take my money” #Amazing #MINDBLOWN http://t.co/i9enONMqN4
— Adam Robinson (@TweetsByARob) June 18, 2015
Microsoft's #AugmentedReality #Halo is breathtaking ... I so want to try that http://t.co/0tRn0RfXDp
— Jewellery for blokes (@4_blokes) June 19, 2015
And, if being the envy of every sci-fi, tech, futurology, and Halo fan in inhabited space wasn’t enough, those that waited in the long line were rewarded with the first hands-on play of Warzone – the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer mode and they seemed to love that as well:
Holy crap, Halo 5 Guardians' Warzone looks awesome!
— Destiny Overwatch (@Dstny_Overwatch) June 15, 2015
The Halo 5 Warzone game I'm uploading is straight up madness. pic.twitter.com/hM8S6B9ibO
— Greenskull (Halo) (@Greenskull) June 16, 2015
Halo warzone makes me go weak at the knees.
— Steelshox (@Steelshox) June 19, 2015
So despite the long lines, it seems that the Halo and Hololens pairing was a huge success. Sadly we did find out that it wouldn’t be available to the public so don’t make your garage over into a UNSC ship just yet.