You've got to see this crazy demo for Microsoft's ambitious new headset

You've already seen "Minecraft" in Microsoft's crazy "mixed reality" headset, HoloLens. It's very impressive!

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And now, Microsoft's got a new demo for HoloLens. It was shown off Tuesday at an event in New York City. It's called "Project X-ray," and it looks incredible. Here it is:

Not bad, right? We captured the whole thing! 

Let's walk through the entire demo of "Project X-ray," straight from Microsoft's NYC event.

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The demo started out innocently enough, with a Microsoft staffer wearing HoloLens being brought out on stage:

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See that huge camera rig? It's using a combination of cameras to capture both the HoloLens user and what the user sees.

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That's how we can see this Infinity Gauntlet-esque blaster appear on the hand of the man wearing HoloLens:

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And that's how we can see these terrifying robot insects pull apart the walls and flood through:

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The robots don't seem to care for this gentleman's fake apartment setup:

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Beyond just shooting at robots and dodging their attacks, the man wearing HoloLens is able to command other types of attacks using his voice:

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He could even pull out a fancy shield and block LASERS:

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It looks like the insect-like robots THAT WANT TO MURDER YOU evolve as the game progresses. From the tiny floating guys at the start:

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To these creepy little crawling guys:

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To this dude with freakin' LASERS:

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To, finally, this massive spider-like creature:

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Dude is not kidding around:

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The full demo is called "Project X-ray," and it's not clear if it'll become a full-on game or not.

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But it's also not clear when HoloLens will launch for consumers. The development kit becomes available to developers for $3,000 in the first quarter of 2016.

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