Microsoft will still continue its HoloLens work with the US Army.

Production is ending on the HoloLens 2 headset, with no sign of a replacement. In totally unrelated news, MSFT stock dropped 2.23% in a day, bringing the weekly average down to 1.63%, with an asking price at $420.69 after close.

Microsoft has now teamed up with Anduril Industries, the military tech company started by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, to improve its IVAS mixed reality headsets used by the US Army. Microsoft’s initial IVAS headset, based on HoloLens technology, first went into trials in 2021 and includes integrated thermal and night vision imaging sensors in a heads-up display.

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Oh, absolutely. I’d never be willing to use their firmware and I’d be extremely hesitant to give them any money on account of their active role in election manipulation and complicity in political violence.