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Microsoft Receives More Funding to Improve Military-Grade Goggles
Army places a new order for goggles based on HoloLens device Microsoft Corp.’s improved combat goggles have passed their first round of intensive testing by soldiers, and the tech giant has been awarded an order for another batch to be used for a make-or-break combat evaluation in 2025, according to…
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Army places a new order for goggles based on HoloLens device Microsoft Corp.’s improved combat goggles have passed their first round of intensive testing by soldiers, and the tech giant has been awarded an order for another batch to be used for a make-or-break combat evaluation…
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Army places a new order for goggles based on HoloLens device Microsoft Corp.’s improved combat goggles have passed their first round of intensive testing by soldiers, and the tech giant has been awarded an order for another batch to be used for a make-or-break combat evaluation in 2025, according to a US Army spokesman.
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Initial Version Rejected Due to Physical Strain The first 20 prototype IVAS 1.2 goggles were delivered in late July and assessed by two squads of solders in late August to check for improvements in reliability, low-light performance and how well they fit without repeats of the nausea and dizziness that halted the deployment of earlier versions. On January 12, Congress rejected the Army’s request for $400 million in funding. It was recorded that an additional 6,900 HoloLens 2 were purchased. “The reason for the rejection was that in a recent field test, more than 80 percent of participating soldiers complained of ‘mission-impairing physical strain’ such as headaches, eye strain and nausea,” US media reported. It is reported. The reason for rejecting additional funding is based on an evaluation of a test conducted in June 2022. The Army conducted operational testing of IVAS in a 72-hour combat scenario with 70 infantry soldiers. As a result, more than 80 percent of soldiers complained of “physical stress that interferes with mission performance” as a result of using HoloLens 2, such as headaches, eye strain and nausea. These psychosomatic symptoms appear to occur within 3 hours of wearing HoloLens 2.
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