HoloLens Is Officially Dead, Along With Microsoft’s Business AR Dreams

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Microsoft said it’s calling it quits on HoloLens 2 production. By 2028, the company will stop offering any more updates for its VR headsets.

was Microsoft’s attempt to become the big fish in the burgeoning VR space. Instead, for years, the headset floundered. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally declared that its HoloLens efforts have drowned. Anyone who still owns one of the HoloLens 2 headsets has a few more years before Microsoft stops offering support. Microsoft is ending production on the HoloLens 2. Worse, there’s no HoloLens 3 in sight..

HoloLens was billed as a business-end device rather than a headset we regular folk got to use day-to-day. The company’sThough it’s a sad day for HoloLens 2, it’s worse news for the original HoloLens from back in 2016. Microsoft will stop offering security updates after Dec. 10 this year. Microsoft reportedly had a HoloLens 3 in the works for the past several years. A Business Insider report in 2022 impliedwithin the HoloLens development team to create a true headset sequel.

It’s essentially what Microsoft wanted from its HoloLens. Just five years ago, the HoloLens 2 was competing with Magic Leap. Metato get its hands on its AR visualization tech. We can’t say whether any of that expertise made its way into the Orion prototype, but those AR glasses are the culmination of many companies’ dreams to replace smartphones with wearables.than those who went without.

. The U.S. Army plans to run a company-level test of the headset sometime in 2025. Armed forces officials must decide whether IVAS is worth putting into wider production next year. The Army was seekingThe feature was previously limited to Gemini Advanced users. Plus: You can't escape the dawn of voiceover AI on Windows with Copilot Voice.

 

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