Microsoft Hololens
Microsoft to Supply US Army More AR Combat Headsets Following Positive Field Test
Microsoft's HoloLens-based headset built on contract for the US Army has passed an important round of field testing by soldiers. The company is now...
XR Industry Giants Team up to Save Key Developer Tool
Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to "guide the evolution" of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which...
Microsoft Releases Initial Azure Cloud Rendering Support for Quest 2 & Quest Pro
Microsoft announced it's released a public preview of Azure Remote Rendering support for Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro, something that promises to allow...
Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment
At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn't actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from...
Microsoft’s Battlefield AR Headset in Jeopardy After Deep Budget Cuts
Microsoft's big defense contract that looks to supply the US Army with modified HoloLens AR headsets isn't going so well. As first reported by...
Hands-on: Magic Leap 2 Shows Clear Improvements, But HoloLens 2 Retains Some Advantages
Magic Leap 2 isn't available just yet, but when it hits the market later this year it will be directly competing with Microsoft's HoloLens...
HoloLens Chief Alex Kipman to Leave Microsoft Amid Misconduct Allegations
Alex Kipman is leaving Microsoft amid what an Insider report alleges to have stemmed from misconduct allegations leveled at the HoloLens co-creator.
The report maintains that...
Report: Microsoft Braces for Negative Field Tests of Military HoloLens
Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to field test its HoloLens-based military AR headset, however a new report contends the company is bracing for impact, as...
Report Casts Doubt on HoloLens 3, Microsoft Says AR Headset is “doing great”
Microsoft's enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company's efforts to...
HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US
Microsoft initially began selling HoloLens 2 to enterprise customers back in late 2019, but a broader rollout has taken quite some time. Earlier this...
Now Anyone Can Buy HoloLens 2 Direct from Microsoft
HoloLens 2 has been available to Microsoft business partners and developers since last year, however anyone else interested in the augmented reality headset would...
Microsoft is Expanding HoloLens 2 Availability with “tens of thousands” Shipped to Date
Microsoft started shipping HoloLens 2 back in November 2019, but it's been a slow rollout to select customers. While the company says it has...
Microsoft is Aware of Significant Display Issues on Some HoloLens 2 Units
Microsoft began shipping its latest AR headset, HoloLens 2 in November. After a slow initial rollout, devices are getting out into the hands of...
Microsoft Launches HoloLens 2 for Enterprise Customers
Microsoft today announced that its latest AR headset, HoloLens 2, is finally shipping. The headset can be purchased directly for $3,500 or rented for...
Epic’s HoloLens 2 Demo ‘Apollo 11: Mission AR’ Showcases Impressive PC-quality Graphics
Epic Games today released a new video featuring a demo for HoloLens 2 that aims to show off just what sort of graphics can...
