Microsoft started talking about HoloLens 2 back in July 2017, now it looks ready to unveil the finished product and show us what second-generation mixed reality makes possible.

As The Verge reports, a new teaser video has appeared on the YouTube channel of Alex Kipman along with the comment "Are you excited yet? I am!" Kipman is the Technical Fellow for AI Perception and Mixed Reality in the Cloud and AI Group at Microsoft. He was involved with Kinect, but then moved over to the HoloLens project.

As it's Kipman uploading this video, it's obviously to do with HoloLens and therefore the second-generation of Microsoft's mixed reality hardware. The teaser video can be watched below:

The video includes the date Feb. 24, which is a day before Mobile World Congress 2019 kicks off in Barcelona. Microsoft has a press event planned for that day where Kipman will be in attendance alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CVP Julia White.

If that isn't enough of a hint HoloLens 2 is being launched, then notice how the teaser video focuses on the formation of a new chip. You may remember back in 2017 Microsoft stated that one of the most important new additions to HoloLens 2 would be an AI chip. The imagery and colors used also tie up with an earlier video released to accompany the HoloLens AI chip announcement.