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$22 billion Microsoft deal with U.S. Army could be in jeopardy unless the tech giant can get the price of its militarized HoloLens to be "substantially less than" $80,000 per unit
IVAS has faced several delays and challenges for several years, but Microsoft's deal with the U.S. Army regarding the headsets could be worth almost $22 billion. Microsoft discontinued HoloLens 2 ...
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Army’s mixed reality device set for upgrades and battalion assessment
The Army presented the early HoloLens-based iteration of IVAS in March 2019. That was followed by ruggedized, military versions through 2022. The device transitioned from a helmet- or no-helmet ...
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U.S. Army Needs Microsoft AR Headset to Be “substantially less” Than Projected $80K Price Tag
Based on HoloLens 2, Microsoft’s specially-built Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) has faced multiple challenges since being awarded the Army contract in 2019, including poor field ...
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Microsoft HoloLens Gets ‘Big Win’ From $21.9 Billion Army Contract
Microsoft has landed a massive contract from the U.S. Army to produce headsets based on the HoloLens 2, a major validation for the company’s mixed-reality technology, solution provider ...
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Microsoft Discontinues HoloLens For Consumers But Remains Committed To Selling It To The Military
That didn't end up coming to fruition, though, and the HoloLens program is winding down--at least for consumers. Microsoft will continue to work with the US Army to make a version of the headset ...
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Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens, and its huge IVAS military contract is in trouble
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 is in doubt, according to people familiar ...
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The Army wants Microsoft to "substantially" lower the price of its $80,000 HoloLens-based goggles
In a nutshell: The HoloLens-based goggles that Microsoft is selling to the US Army have had a long and difficult history. While the hardware and software issues of the early models appear to have ...
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Microsoft to provide US Army with HoloLens goggles worth $21.9B
Microsoft is expected to secure a deal worth $21.9 billion upon providing the US Army with HoloLens goggles, software, and hardware components, according to Bloomberg. The Microsoft HoloLens is an ...
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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 ...
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Microsoft's HoloLens mixed reality headset officially being discontinued
Microsoft does, however, say it remains "fully committed" to providing HoloLens technology to the US army as part of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), but no further HoloLens ...
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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 ...