The object
Alex Kipman is publicly credited for inventing Microsoft’s HoloLens hardware platform, an untethered holographic computer that brought spatial display, eye tracking, hand tracking and onboard processing into a wearable device. His current portfolio describes the device’s 2015–2019 development and his continuing hardware-focused work at Analog.
What Alex did
led and is publicly credited for inventing Microsoft’s HoloLens untethered mixed-reality hardware platform with its Microsoft development team
Why it matters
HoloLens established an early, fully untethered mixed-reality computer and materially shaped subsequent spatial-computing hardware discussions.
Living-status check
Kipman’s current portfolio identifies him as Analog’s founder and CEO from 2024 to the present, reviewed in 2026.