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Microsoft is discontinuing its HoloLens headsets (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Meta is desperate for content and use cases for MR, and nothing comes up. They have been doing jams, they have funds to give to developers, and everything that comes up are basic wave shooters or simple ports (downgrades, really) from VR to MR.

Microsoft has probably figured out that, except for the military, it's a solution in search of a problem, at least in the current form factor ans with current limitations.