PhilosophyforOne t1_j5zw421 wrote
Reply to comment by darkpaladin in HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct
I’ve been following this for a while - the complaints from field tests have persisted for a while now. While both MS and Army spokespeople have denied any considerable issues, the actual testers have absolutely loathed the product. The problems have also repeatedly gone unfixed.
Basically, I think they jumped on the tech too soon. It sounds good on paper but it cant perform in practice and the drawbacks are too big, both due to maneuvaribility, cumbersomness and just general useability and benefits from use.
The kind of things you see in a Marvel film are way way ahead in the future, even just technology-wise.
Prestigious-Gap-1163 t1_j60ee2u wrote
Considering Microsoft laid off a bunch of the staff behind this project/technology very recently I’d say they know it’s a bust and everyone is moving on.
DevAway22314 t1_j621f39 wrote
That probably had more to do with congressional appropriations denying additional funding to replace the existing headsets. Military leaders requested funding for updated hardware that fixed some of the main issues (like nausea), but were denied. Instead being awarded a very small sum to use in an attempt to retrofit the existing headsets
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