Skip to main content Mobile menu button Mobile search button
The Runway Air Force Logo
  • Wirraway
  • Help
  • Request membership
  • Log in
Home
Articles (2553) Collections (21) Topics
Runway Flix (76)
Search
Search
Close
Technology & Innovation

US Army orders more Microsoft AR headsets now that they no longer make soldiers want to barf

Umar Shakir
28 September 2023
7 min

BLUF

The Integrated Visual Augmentation System combat goggles have improved after initial reports of headaches, nausea, and eyestrain.

Summary

KEY POINTS:
  1. Version 1.2 boosts reliability, low-light sensor performance and form factor.
  2. Tested by two US Army squads.
  3. A $21.9 billion project, evaluation set for 2025.
  4. Microsoft's HoloLens tech adapts for military use, while home and work development slows.
READ: US Army orders more Microsoft AR headsets now that they no longer make soldiers want to barf

References

  • Media Check: The Verge - Media Bias/Fact Check (HIGH CREDIBILITY)
  • Collections |The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
  • ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME)
  • RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC
 

Related articles

4 Sep 2023
Technology & Innovation

America and China’s $574 billion chip war has already scored an ‘extraordinary success beyond anyone’s wild dreams’ for Joe Biden

7 minutes
Australian Army trainee Private Kaycee Higgins (right) tests a joint medic course member's vision as part of a training activity at the Army School of Health at Latchford Barracks in Bandiana, Victoria.
4 Jun 2021
Technology & Innovation

Partial sight restored for man who is blind thanks to optogenetics

8 minutes
Military aircraft launch into the night skies from RAAF Base Tindal part of Exercise Pitch Black 2018.
19 Jan 2021
Technology & Innovation

Japan's Fugaku supercomputer is tackling some of the world's biggest problems

10 minutes
Warrant Officer Class Two Wilson Munoz and Seaman Comminucations and Information Systems Kayla Gray helps students from Glendale Technology High School with an interactive exercise during Navy Immersion Day at the Centre for Innovation, Garden Island Defence Precinct, NSW.
7 Feb 2022
Technology & Innovation

Relativity is 3D printing rockets and raising billions. Will its technology work?

12 minutes
Stay in the loop
  • Wirraway
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • About
  • Contribute
  • Privacy
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Strategic Partner – Icon Agency

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that images and names of deceased persons may appear on this website

  • Wirraway
  • Help
  • Request membership
  • Login
  • Home
  • Articles (2553)
  • Collections (21)
  • Topics
  • Runway Flix (76)
  • Events
  • Search