The failure of Microsoft’s military HoloLens and Anduril’s legacy.
To understand why the Pentagon entrusted Anduril with such a comprehensive contract, it’s worth looking at the backstory. In 2021, Microsoft won a $22 billion contract with the US Army for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)—a militarized version of the HoloLens designed to provide soldiers with an augmented reality field of view, including a situational awareness map, target identification, and night vision. The project turned into one of the most embarrassing procurement disasters in the Pentagon’s recent history. Soldiers complained of headaches, dizziness, and nausea. An internal Army report revealed that the glasses glowed in the dark, thus revealing the wearers’ positions to enemy forces. One soldier…
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