Microsoft has fired their entire AR and VR programs
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Wasn't Microsoft trying to apply AR for the military but completely fucked it up that the military itself dropped it because it put the soldiers in more danger using it than not?
It's usually these big contracts is the reason this stuff gets developed anyway so if they fucked it up due to their own incompetence then probably why they shut it down.
I still find it disappointing no company hasn't just done Yu Gi Oh in AR or VR....
There is a big difference between the government studying a technology and them buying it to deploy. The test of AR for the military may well have been considered a success as it made clear what the problems will be. It would have been a much bigger deal if MS was contracted for an actual weapons system and failed to deliver.
It seems an almost certainty that AR will be applied to the military before any other group. It's basically night vision goggles on steroids, and look how popular those are.
It may have even been a foregone conclusion for the military that the technology was interesting but not ready yet. But you don't know how far off you are unless you try.
You got it pretty succinctly.
I'm working on something like the YuGiOh idea. Just trying to get the system to work first.
yeah, I posted that story a while back, CBF finding the link though
edit: the link is actually in OP's archive - https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/340248-army-soldier-says-using-microsofts-hololens-ar-goggles-could-get-them-killed
Sometimes my over posting helps
Speaking of Yu Gi Oh, anyone else notice YouTube giving them a lot of videos on Yu Gi Oh?