U.S. Army approves order for thousands of Microsoft combat goggles

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https://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-us-army-combat-hololens-goggles-military-152855161.html

U.S. Army approves order for thousands of Microsoft combat goggles

Niamh Cavanagh
Fri, September 2, 2022 at 11:28 AM·2 min read

Summary

The U.S. Army has approved an order to buy thousands of HoloLens combat goggles made by Microsoft — years after employees of the tech giant demanded the company cancel its contract with the military.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Microsoft would begin to deliver some of the 5,000 Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) goggle units after “encouraging results from testing in the field.”

The order for 5,000 goggles was initially placed in March 2021 but had been put on hold over concerns about their performance.

Army spokesman Jamal Beck said that Douglas Bush, assistant secretary for acquisition, has now “cleared the Army to begin accepting” the new technology.

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[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

1. The newest generation of soldiers grew up playing Call of Duty games

Now its real life, should be easy.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

2. We've been using Xbox controllers in the military for years now

Drove flying, bomb disposal robot controlling, and submarine periscope control.

[GreenWave]

3. Slowly but surely

we are becoming the Borg,

[Chainfire]

4. Coming to a police force near you soon.