According to Computing  Black Marble, which specialises in Microsoft platforms, explained that his firm "will be delivering HoloLens to the police soon.

A Microsoft said that while it's unlikely that members of the Cambridgeshire force will go out on the beat wearing the bulky gear in the near future, the technology could well be used in the recreation of crime scenes.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary said it is determined to "bring imagination" to Cambridgeshire's modernisation project, to revitalise a force that which was "disillusioned with IT".

It is already using the Microsoft Band so that if the user's heart rate goes over a certain level, or if it is removed from an officer's wrist, it triggers an alarm and officers will scramble to support their colleague.