HoloLens no more: Microsoft will no longer develop the AR/VR headsets

Goodbye, HoloLens!

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Microsoft will no longer develop the HoloLens headsets and cease support for HoloLens 2 starting 2027, as the company wants to move on to other more pressing technologies, such as cloud and AI.

According to The Verge, the Redmond-based tech giant is set to hand off the Army’s version of HoloLens to Anduril; it discontinued the HoloLens 2 a while ago, and the headset will no longer be its focus.

AR/VR technologies are still not as popular as the tech giants wanted them to be. Meta, with its Meta Quest headsets, is reportedly losing $10 billion a year to keep them afloat, while Apple’s most recent Vision Pro device hasn’t been doing so well, either.

However, we might see AR/VR technologies resurgence in a few years when the world is ready to adopt them.

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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling. He's always curious and ready to take on everything new in the tech world, covering Microsoft's products on a daily basis. The passion for gaming and hardware feeds his journalistic approach, making him a great researcher and news writer that's always ready to bring you the bleeding edge!

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