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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 set to fulfill a larger order to be used in more rigorous testing slated to take place in 2025. Awarded in 2019, Microsoft’s $22 billion defense contract is aiming to supply the […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

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You Can Now Donate Blood While Immersed In Mixed Reality

Nervous around needles? Mixed reality is here to help. According to America’s Blood Centers, the United States has been suffering from a noticeable lack of blood donors below the age of 30 over the past 10 years; roughly 30% to be more exact. To help quell this growing shortage, Abbot Laboratories, a medical device and […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

Hologram Patients Allow Doctors To Train Anytime, Anywhere

Elegant training for a more civilized age. It’s no secret that medical training is an expensive and time-consuming process. Thanks to immersive technology, however, healthcare centers around the world are capable of training doctors, therapists, and surgeons at a faster rate while spending less. GigXR is one such company using cutting-edge immersive technology to train […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

Microsoft Signs $22B Contract with US Army to Bring HoloLens 2 Tech to the Battlefield
Following a prototyping phase started in 2019, Microsoft and the United States Army have announced they are moving to a production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on HoloLens 2 technology, through a contract worth up to $22 billion. In 2019, Microsoft announced it was working with the US Army to prototype […]

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Finance sector embraces VR to make remote working more interesting

VR has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Reuters