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Farewell HoloLens - Microsoft officially quits wearable headset technology, hands over billion-dollar DoD contract to Anduril
Anduril takes over Microsoft HoloLens DoD contract
Anduril, headed by notorious tech bro Palmer Luckey, will now work with the DoD on the project, officially known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), essentially building a specialized version of HoloLens for the US Army. However, the US Army remained committed to a HoloLens IVAS device, with an initial order of 5,000 headsets, thought to be worth around $373 million, signed off by Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Douglas Bush in September 2022 following successful field tests. “If Anduril had been more than a dozen people when IVAS was first getting spun up all those years ago (at least the Tragic Heap guys didn’t win, our country really dodged a bullet there), I do believe our crazy pitch could have won this from the start,” he added, going on to tease some new features.
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