The Army’s $21 Billion Augmented Reality Helmets Will Save Soldiers’ Lives. Why Are They Still Delayed?
The headsets would give soldiers crucial information at a glance, creating a tactical advantage on the battlefield—but ...
Road to VR29d
U.S. Army Needs Microsoft AR Headset to Be “substantially less” Than Projected $80K Price Tag
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 company can deliver the goods at “substantially less than” the ...
Yahoo27d
US Army asks if Microsoft could please make its Kill-O-Vision headsets a bit cheaper
In 2021, Microsoft signed a $22 billion deal with the US Army to develop the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on its HoloLens headset. Not everyone was thrilled with the idea of ...
TechSpot28d
The Army wants Microsoft to "substantially" lower the price of its $80,000 HoloLens-based goggles
There was worse news for Microsoft that year when an army tester said that the headsets pose a danger to soldiers due to the light they generate while active, which could alert enemy forces to a ...
MIT Technology Review22d
Palmer Luckey on the Pentagon’s future of mixed reality
What a floundering military goggle project reveals about where our experiences with the technology are headed next, according to the founder of Oculus. Palmer Luckey has, in some ways, come full ...
Al Bawaba News29d
Microsoft to provide US Army with HoloLens goggles worth $21.9B
(AFP) Microsoft’s HoloLens, also known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), is an augmented reality headset being developed for the United States Army. IVAS aims to equip US ...
Fortune7d
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey made a name for himself designing virtual reality headsets out of a camper trailer in his parents’ driveway at ...