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US Army shows how it will use HoloLens in the field
When Microsoft employees balked at the company's $479 million HoloLens contract with the US Army, it raised a question: just what would this system look like? You now have a better idea. The Army has given CNBC an early demo of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which uses a modified HoloLens 2 to provide both combat assistance and training. It reportedly feels like a "real-life game of Call of Duty" -- you can see your squad's positions on a map, a compass, and even your weapon's reticle. Thermal imaging would help you see in the dark without as much of a telltale glow as existing night vision headsets.
Previously: U.S. Army Awards Microsoft a $480 Million HoloLens Contract
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @10:03PM
They were violently attacked for a few months/year until google backed off selling the product to the public.
Yet somehow within a year everybody was using their cellphone just as offensively as glassholes 'could have' been using their cameras (since there were uses for the display without the camera on, and the camera usage significantly depleted the battery while in use.)
So will Hololens 2 Civilian Edition be a Glasshole, or a post-Glasshole Cellphone moment?