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Production is ending on the HoloLens 2 headset, with no sign of a replacement. In totally unrelated news, MSFT stock dropped 2.23% in a day, bringing the weekly average down to 1.63%, with an asking price at $420.69 after close.
Microsoft has now teamed up with Anduril Industries, the military tech company started by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, to improve its IVAS mixed reality headsets used by the US Army. Microsoft’s initial IVAS headset, based on HoloLens technology, first went into trials in 2021 and includes integrated thermal and night vision imaging sensors in a heads-up display.
NASDAQ as a whole dropped 1.5% today so it isn’t really notable that their stock dropped
There go my hopes and dreams of IRL Solid Vision system and duel disks…
One day, it will happen with MR.
Microsoft will under invest in the space and then panic when someone releases a viable product.
Clearly you’ve been listening in on their high-level meetings. How could you possibly be aware of that global strategy?
The upcoming Meta AR headset actually looks like it could be viable. Microsoft is giving up, or they know something Meta doesn’t.
I’ve said this elsewhere: The Company Formerly-known as Facebook’s headset has some impressive features and tech. However, the pixels-per-degree is abysmal. They need to at least triple it to be competitive with smartphones or birdbath optics. I’m not holding my breath but, I’d also not be mad if they succeed and are able to deliver for a reasonable price point.
For major markets that’s actually rare, and usually not even because they under invested, they just didn’t quite get it.
Their actually successful strategy is to make an inferior product, sell it slightly cheaper, undermine the competition, then achieve near monopoly.
But your comment is of course funnier. 😋Just like they did with the smartphone.
They can also leverage the ecosystem effect. If it’s well integrated with some enterprise products, companies might buy it anyway.
420.69? No one?
I took a flyer on some GME back during the excitement. Got in at about $35, set a limit order at $420.69 (nice) for the lolz, and was pleasantly amused when that order got filled.
Source: trust me, bro
a lot of high fives in wall st
Too bad, I thought those were promising for industrial applications.
Yeah, good news though- they will likely continue to develop a military version to ensure our best tech continues to contribute to efficient killing. Also they will redirect some of the the hololens resources to further AI development bullshit.
I thought I was told just a year or two ago it was supposed to be the future of manufacturing.
Well no surprise here given what’s been going on with their MR departments. What a terrible shame.
Again?
No, they only said they were stopping work on HoloLens 3 last time.
Nice