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DevAway22314 t1_j621ssj wrote

Reply to comment by kymri in HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct

> the military uses Xbox controllers for some interfaces on things like EoD bots and Submarine periscopes

As they should. Saves tons of money and requires far less training for the vast majority of soldiers. Custom hardware is extremely expensive (compare the $46,000 price tag per IVAS 1.0 headset to the ~$1000 per headset for consumer headsets)

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