However, while Forbes pointed to a major failing of the technology, it also called the parts that work 'tantalizingly brilliant.' For The Verge, the list of positives is long, but the field-of-view's limitations trump them all. In the emerging fields of virtual and augmented reality this 'normalizing' of the experience is crucial - you could swap out that term for 'presence' or 'immersion,' which dominate the theory around what developers should strive to create for the player. 'You find yourself constantly aware of the little edges of your world as you look around, with the holograms slipping out of existence if you move your head even a small amount - in some ways, it serves to remind you of how amazing the hologram itself actually is, but it keeps the experience from normalizing.' Forbes called HoloLens' field-of-view 'tiny,' constantly forcing the user to confront the limits of the fiction with which they are presented. Other prominent voices have expressed the very same concern. As Re/code stated based on its own impressions of the technology: 'What was shown onstage wasn't what Minecraft HoloLens will look like, unless Microsoft can make a major breakthrough in glasses technology before the HoloLens' release.' This could be a bigger problem than Tsunoda makes it sound. 'It's like Microsoft created an amazing alternate universe and walled it away' Certainly the hardware we have the field of view isn't exactly final, but I wouldn't say it's going to be hugely noticeably different either.' 'I think you're never going to get to full peripheral field of view.

'The hardware isn't final so none of the things are completely done,' he said.

However, in an interview with Giant Bomb, Kudo Tsunoda was measured in his assessment of how much progress we can expect to see in this vital area. Of course, with the final specs and release date yet to be finalised, it's legitimate to assume that improvements will be made. HoloLens was first shown at Microsoft's Build conference earlier this year, and the majority of reports emerging from E3 have cited a now familiar problem: the holograms are very impressive, but the field-of-view is limited to a degree that could hurt its commercial potential

Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda has said that the final version of the HoloLens hardware may have a similarly limited field-of-view to its divisive prototype.

Minecraft field of view