{"id":78058,"date":"2023-01-13T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T01:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/us-congress-halts-orders-of-microsoft-ar-combat-goggles-amid-reports-of-headaches-eyestrain\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T01:26:09","slug":"us-congress-halts-orders-of-microsoft-ar-combat-goggles-amid-reports-of-headaches-eyestrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/us-congress-halts-orders-of-microsoft-ar-combat-goggles-amid-reports-of-headaches-eyestrain\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congress Halts Orders of Microsoft AR Combat Goggles Amid Reports of Headaches & Eyestrain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2021, Microsoft won a United States Army defense contract worth up to $22 billion<\/a> which would support the development of an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a tactical AR headset for soldiers based on HoloLens 2. Now Congress has\u00a0rejected the Army\u2019s request for $400 million to buy as many as 6,900 more of the AR combat goggles this year, a Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> report maintains.<\/p>\n

The rejection cites rocky tests conducted last year.\u00a0Testing was done over a three-week period ending June 18th, where the Army assessed Microsoft\u2019s IVAS with a cadre of 70 Army infantry soldiers, who were tasked with using the device during three 72-hour combat scenarios.<\/p>\n

Complaints included\u00a0\u201cmission-affecting physical impairments,\u201d with more than 80 percent of soldiers experiencing headaches, eyestrain and nausea\u00a0after less than three hours using the goggles.<\/p>\n

None of this comes as a giant surprise though, as Microsoft was reportedly bracing for negative field tests back in early 2022<\/a>\u00a0due to alleged\u00a0quality problems.<\/p>\n

Softening the blow somewhat, lawmakers have earmarked $40 million to develop a new IVAS model, Army spokesman David Patterson said in an email obtained by Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This comes only a few weeks after the Army awarded a $125 million \u201ctask order\u201d for the development of a new\u00a0model, dubbed version 1.2, which is said to\u00a0include software improvements for better reliability and reduced power demand.<\/p>\n

The 1.2 version task order is said to provide \u201cimprovements based on completed test events\u201d which aim at a developing a \u201clower profile Heads-Up Display with distributed counterweight for improved user interface and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Army will be using its first batch of 5,000 goggles for training\u2014only a small fraction of the max 121,000 devices, spares and support services stipulated in the\u00a0$22 billion deal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2021, Microsoft won a United States Army defense contract worth up to $22 billion which would support the development of an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a tactical AR headset for soldiers based on HoloLens 2. Now Congress has\u00a0rejected the Army\u2019s request for $400 million to buy as many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":78059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1920,2085,1883,1310,432],"tags":[1912,2084,1876,1303,428],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techreviewers.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}