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Microsoft wants to hand off much of its Army HoloLens program to Palmer Luckey’s Anduril
Microsoft’s six-year-old program to make HoloLens headsets for the US Army could be getting some extra help. If the Department of Defense approves the deal, the company will expand its existing ...
GameSpot29d
Microsoft Once Believed HoloLens Could Be Gaming's Future, Now It's A Military Product
In a blog post, Microsoft said Anduril will take over production and future development of hardware and software for HoloLens as part of the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS ...
TechRadar29d
Farewell HoloLens - Microsoft officially quits wearable headset technology, hands over billion-dollar DoD contract to Anduril
HoloLens 2 users did get a Windows 11 software update in April 2023, but the lifespan of the device seemed to be limited since Microsoft's halting of sales. However, the US Army remained committed ...
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YC grad Deepnight nabs $5.5M for AI night vision software that disrupts a multi-billion-dollar industry
The founders created military-grade night vision with AI software that began as a smartphone app. And now the military is a ...
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Microsoft hands over US Army’s IVAS program to Anduril, remains preferred cloud provider
Microsoft Azure will remain the "preferred hyperscale cloud" provider for IVAS workloads, as well as other Anduril AI technologies. The two companies partnered last year to incorporate Anduril's ...
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Palmer Luckey’s Anduril is taking over the Army’s Microsoft HoloLens (IVAS) headset contract.
Through this partnership agreement, and pending Department of Defense approval, Anduril will assume oversight of production, future development of hardware and software, and delivery timelines.
TechCrunch1mon
Anduril takes control of Microsoft’s $22B VR military headset program
The Army plans to grant upstart weapons maker Anduril ... reality headsets for soldiers based on a ruggedized version of HoloLens. The initial budget for IVAS was set at $21.9 billion.
heise online28d
End of Hololens: Microsoft hands over military contracts to Anduril
The development of the military Hololens and the contracts with the US Army will now be taken over by the defense startup Anduril Industries. The two companies have entered into a partnership.
The Verge1mon
Microsoft confirms it’s getting out of HoloLens hardware entirely.
Microsoft discontinued the HoloLens 2, and is handing off the Army’s version to Anduril, but is it done done with HoloLens hardware? No other products? I asked the company just in case.
Redmond Magazine28d
Microsoft Makes it Official: HoloLens is Dead
to continue its HoloLens contract with the Department of Defense. Anduril Industries will take the lead "to drive the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System ...
Business Insider29d
Palmer Luckey says his entire career has led to this moment — scoring a $22 billion US Army contract for high-tech goggles
The US Army awarded Microsoft the 10-year contract ... Microsoft converted its HoloLens 2 headsets for military use, but soldiers criticized the devices, complaining of software glitches and ...