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Microsoft is ending the consumer HoloLens program but is staying in business with the United States military to create a custom version of the headset for soldiers. The US Army will run an ...

Microsoft's HoloLens device was unveiled in 2015 ... one tester said after a 2022 test of Microsoft's device for the military, in an excerpt of an Army report dictated to BI.

It's also having the military pay for these updates ... The Department of Defense didn't respond to requests for comment. HoloLens history Microsoft's HoloLens device was unveiled in 2015.

aimed at restraining China’s military modernisation efforts. New rules were released two months ago to close loopholes in those curbs. Microsoft launched the HoloLens goggles in 2016.

However, further tests were successful and ensured that the military hololens got a second chance. The US Army has ordered more AR combat goggles, which are to be tested extensively at the ...

HoloLens allows the user to see digital images over real-world backgrounds At least 50 Microsoft employees have demanded the company back out of a deal with the US military to provide augmented ...

HoloLens 2 can now track user's eye movements ... employees who oppose a deal to provide HoloLens technology to the US military. "We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in ...

Microsoft also signed a $479m contract to provide 100,000 HoloLens devices to the US military in 2018, a deal that didn't go down well with employees. Playing Minecraft with the Microsoft HoloLens ...