kymri t1_j5zlix0 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:48 PM

Reply to comment by AdakaR in HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct

My favorite part of this is how much UI research has already been done in this regard -- because of freakin' video games. Shooters have been working on finding the best ways to present relevant info to players in their field of view for decades. (And, hell - the military uses Xbox controllers for some interfaces on things like EoD bots and Submarine periscopes...)

DevAway22314 t1_j621ssj wrote on January 27, 2023 at 3:43 AM

> the military uses Xbox controllers for some interfaces on things like EoD bots and Submarine periscopes

As they should. Saves tons of money and requires far less training for the vast majority of soldiers. Custom hardware is extremely expensive (compare the $46,000 price tag per IVAS 1.0 headset to the ~$1000 per headset for consumer headsets)