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Microsoft’s Struggling Military AR Headset Gets Boost From Oculus Founder’s Latest Venture

Anduril Industries, the defense tech company founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, announced it’s partnering with Microsoft to boost the company’s militarized, HoloLens 2-based AR headset, which is ...
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U.S. Army Needs Microsoft AR Headset to Be “substantially less” Than Projected $80K Price Tag

Microsoft’s contract with the U.S. Army to build a combat-ready AR headset is worth up to $22 billion, but only if the company can deliver the goods at “substantially less than” the projected $80,000 ...
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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

Microsoft's militarized HoloLens continues to face challenges, this time surrounding the cost of individual units. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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Army Solicits Info on IVAS Next

The U.S. Army has issued a request for information to assess industry capabilities for developing and producing the next-generation Integrated Visual Augmented System, or IVAS. According to a notice ...
The Droid Guy

Anduril Takes Over Microsoft’s $22B US Army IVAS Program

Anduril Industries has officially taken over the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program from Microsoft, a significant move in military technology that could reshape how the U.S. Army ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Wins $21.9 Billion Contract to Supply AR Headsets to the US Army

Microsoft has won a contract with the US Army to provide augmented reality headsets suitable for battlefield conditions. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) will be derived from Microsoft ...
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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 ...
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Anduril and Microsoft partner to advance Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program for the U.S. Army

COSTA MESA, Calif., and REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 11, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. and Anduril Industries, a leader in defense technology, today announced an expanded partnership to drive the next phase of the ...
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VirTra Awarded $5.9M Prototype Contract from U.S. Army IVAS Prime Contractor Microsoft

CHANDLER, Ariz., April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VirTra, Inc (VTSI). (Nasdaq: VTSI) (“VirTra” or the “Company”), a global provider of judgmental use of force training simulators, firearms training ...
ExtremeTech

Army Soldier Says Using Microsoft's HoloLens AR Goggles Could Get Them Killed

Nearly four years and $22 billion dollars into Microsoft’s development of HoloLens devices for the US military, an Army tester is warning that actually using the augmented reality (AR) goggles could ...
Washington Technology

With IVAS takeover, Anduril looks to build out human-machine ‘ecosystem’

Anduril has seized the lead on the Army’s IVAS headset program, putting the eight-year-old company in charge of one of the military’s most important soldier-enhancement programs, and poising it to ...