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The US government has voted on purchasing more HoloLens-based AR battle goggles made by Microsoft after finding that the current version may have some issues to resolve.
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Instead of ordering more than the model that is currently in use, the government voted for $40 million to Microsoft to create an updated version.
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The latest combat goggles can address the test results from last year's test when 70 soldiers donned the current model during three 72-hour combat scenarios. conditions.
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The results showed that the soldiers suffered “headaches, eyestrain and nausea” and that the system had too many “failures of essential functions.”
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Additionally, over 80 per cent of the soldiers who complained of discomfort started experiencing it within three hours after the 72-hour test.
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The Army had initially asked for $400 million to purchase between 6,900 pairs of goggles in the $1.75 trillion bill for funding the government.
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In the end, Congress approved $40 million from this sum to design an updated version.
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The Army has already offered Microsoft $125 million to develop an updated model, and the company intends to spend $21.9 billion over the next decade to purchase up to 121,000 computers.