US Army Taps Anduril-Meta and Rivet to Fully Replace Microsoft in Multi-Billion Dollar AR Headset Program - WinBuzzer

The U.S. Army is fully replacing Microsoft in its multi-billion dollar AR headset program, tapping an Anduril-Meta team and startup Rivet for the revamped SBMC project.

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XRが戦場を変える? 欧州の防衛技術企業がVarjoなど複数のXR企業に一気に戦略的投資
https://www.moguravr.com/defense-xr-theon-investment-trend/

#moguravr #業界動向 #ALEREON #Anduril_Industries #eMagin #IVAS #Kopin #THEON #Varjo #業界別活用

XRが戦場を変える? 欧州の防衛技術企業がVarjoなど複数のXR企業に一気に戦略的投資

防衛技術企業THEONは8月26日、「THEON NEXT Initiative」に基づく戦略的投資を発表しました。提携先はVarjo、Kopin、eMagin、ALEREONの4社で、ARやVRを中心としたデジタル防衛 […]

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Microsoft and Anduril partner to salvage military AR project

Anduril is taking control of the troubled Integrated military AR project known as the Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

Internet of Things News

Forget 3D audio. I want spatial audio codecs like #IVAS from #nokia.

It's such low key tech, but will have immense quality of life improvement. 😎 Mainly #zoom calls where more than 1 person speaks. 😅.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175231/nokia-3d-spatial-audio-5g-phone-call-advanced

This is the ‘world’s first’ phone call made using spatial audio

Nokia made the first phone call using spatial audio over a cellular network. It’s part of the 3GPP Immersive Video and Audio Services (IVAS) codec coming with 5G Advanced.

The Verge
US-Armee entwickelt #IVAS-Headset ohne #Microsoft weiter. Ziel: Steuerung von Mini-Drohnen und Sensoren. Tests ab Januar, dann Produktion #HoloLens #VR #Headset https://winfuture.de/news,146064.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
IVAS: US-Armee entwickelt Militär-HoloLens auch ohne Microsoft weiter

Auch wenn Microsoft sein Mixed-Reality-Headset HoloLens kürzlich offiziell aufgegeben hat, geht die Arbeit an der militarisierten Variante mit der Bezeichnung Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) weiter. Das US-Militär erklärte jetzt, dass man an dem Projekt festhält.

WinFuture.de
Army’s mixed reality device set for upgrades and battalion assessment

The Army expects to award a production contract following next year's events.

Defense News

I have posted multiple times on the futility of VR head mounted devices beyond VERY niche use cases. Latest news - death knell has been sounded for Microsoft's HoloLens 2 headset. Related IVAS program with the US Army seems destined to flame out. https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/microsoft-lost-billions-of-dollars-on-hololens-and-its-huge-ivas-military-contract-is/symf9vy #AR #VR #Hololens #IVAS #usarmy #DoD

I wrote about this in 2018! https://www.brentdoncaster.com/post/vr-is-destined-to-fail

Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens, and its huge IVAS military contract is in trouble

Microsoft lost billions of dollars on its HoloLens mixed-reality project, and the companys involvement in a related contract with the US Army is in doubt, according to people familiar with the situation

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Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens, and its huge IVAS military contract is in trouble

Microsoft lost billions of dollars on its HoloLens mixed-reality project, and the companys involvement in a related contract with the US Army is in doubt, according to people familiar with the situation

Business Insider Africa