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Microsoft committed to HoloLens 2 and Mixed Reality



Microsoft committed to HoloLens 2 and Mixed Reality

By Robin Seiler, Microsoft

On behalf of the Mixed Reality team at Microsoft, I wanted to share some important context and insights on the Mixed Reality program at Microsoft. The intent of this note is to help provide clarity to this community on our commitment to HoloLens 2 and the broader Mixed Reality program.

We continue to produce and support HoloLens 2, inclusive of monthly software updates to ensure our enterprise customers can leverage HoloLens 2 and the supporting platform to complete critical work. We also continue to update Dynamics 365 Guides and Remote Assist to address the needs of those customers. HoloLens and Dynamics 365 are key components of Industrial Metaverse deployments, connecting the benefits of digital transformation to frontline workers in field service, factory operations, and many other use cases. For more information, see our recent blog post highlighting some of the progress on the HoloLens platform and how customers are seeing real-world benefits.

Lastly, there is important and exciting work we are doing to support the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. We recently contracted with the U.S. Army to revise the IVAS product design to address soldier feedback, a testament to our partnership with the government, commitment to the program, and ability to rapidly iterate on product designs to achieve results. IVAS is a great example of technology sharing between commercial products and fit-for-purpose government programs. While HoloLens and IVAS are very different devices, they both build on Microsoft’s long history of developing best-in-class Mixed Reality technologies.

We look forward to sharing additional updates in the future while continuing ongoing collaboration with our customers, partners, and developers to innovate in this critical space.

 


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