Although Microsoft has been touting that its Windows 10 would be the first OS to run a variety of computing devices, including PCs, the new 64-inch 4K slate, and smartphones smaller than 8-inch screens, for quite some time now, it has never spoken a word about a pair of goggles that projected hologram images taking the users to virtual worlds - enabling them to see 3D objects from nowhere and watch television on non-existent screens.

According to IB Times, the company unveiled the so-far secret device called Microsoft HoloLens at an event in Redmond on Wednesday and it certainly capable of doing that is mentioned above and much more. The report says that perhaps this is a hint that the Redmond-headquartered tech titan is now keen to make it clear again that it wants to remain a steadfast supplier of spreadsheets and Word processing programs leaving all the fun stuff - things from gold watches to smart-glasses - for its rivals like Apple and Google to handle.

Addressing an audience in a room just about the place where the company has been developing the secret Microsoft HoloLens all these years, CEO Satya Nadella said on Wednesday, "We want to move from people needing Windows to choosing Windows to loving Windows."

Microsoft HoloLens can be described as a looped headset that can project 3D images into the vision field of the person wearing it by utilizing a range of sensors to track body position as well as head movements. The device comes with an internal CPU and GPU and. hence, the user does not require tethering it to a host device. HoloLens runs on a new Windows version called Windows 10 Holographic.

Introducing HoloLens at the Windows 10 preview event on Wednesday, representatives of Microsoft demonstrated an array of applications of the device that apparently offers much more that the Google Glass - the closest product in the market currently.

Glass can possesses the ability to present an enhanced reality experience via projection of information displays as well as graphics onto an eyepiece, while the HoloLens seems to enable users to maneuver as well as interact with things that are projected in front of them.

Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman, who showed demos of HoloLens wearers in action, said the device will be available to the public "within the Windows 10 time-frame" later this year.