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Microsoft wants to hand off much of its Army HoloLens program to Palmer Luckey’s Anduril
Previous prototypes of the headset led numerous problems, including nausea and headaches.
But given Luckey’s background as the primary inventor of the Oculus Rift — and, by extension, the modern consumer XR industry — the IVAS program could perhaps be the defense tech startup’s most natural fit. Microsoft started working with the Army in 2019, using a modified HoloLens 2 for a headset that reportedly felt like “a real-life game of Call of Duty.” Early prototypes allowed soldiers to see a virtual map showing their squad’s locations, a compass and their weapon’s reticle. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that early feedback of the latest IVAS prototypes is encouraging, but the Army wants the cost to be “substantially less than” each headset’s currently projected $80,000.
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