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Microsoft's militarized HoloLens continues to face challenges, this time surrounding the cost of individual units.

In a nutshell: The HoloLens-based goggles that Microsoft is ... the problem now is the price: the military branch wants the headsets to "be substantially less" than the current cost of $80,000 ...

Microsoft’s contract with the U.S. Army to build a combat-ready AR headset is worth up to $22 billion, but only if the ...

The HoloLens 2 will still get critical security updates until the end of 2027, but Microsoft won't support the software in 2028 and beyond. The original HoloLens from 2016 will stop getting ...

the original HoloLens had sold between 40,000 and 60,000 units since it launched in 2016. At the high end, that would be $210 million in revenue, based on the device's $3,500-plus sticker price.

The headset was in production from 2016 until 2018. HoloLens 2 released in 2019. The price for the HoloLens 2 starts at $3,500 and goes up to $5,199. Microsoft is still "fully committed" to the ...

Microsoft is discontinuing its consumer HoloLens headset program, marking a major change for the company. After all, CEO Satya Nadella said in 2016 that HoloLens would be "key" to Microsoft's ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the HoloLens 2 is discontinued. In a statement to UploadVR, the company acknowledged that customers and partners who want to get their hands on the company's ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Microsoft lost billions of dollars on its HoloLens mixed-reality project, and the company's involvement in a related contract with the US Army ...

When I first tried Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, it blew my mind. I played Minecraft on a coffee table, and the virtual explosions made it look like the table really had holes in it. I had to ...

Microsoft has confirmed it's discontinuing its HoloLens line of mixed reality headsets, with production now ceased and software support on HoloLens 2 ending in December 2027. HoloLens launched in ...