The Army and Hololens

There's a lot here.

Reading between the lines, there's a notable benefits of a laser display (and further evidence of a laser display.)

Better equipment is a deterrent.

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Night vision goggles currently used in the field emit a green glow, which the enemy can see. IVAS doesn’t glow as much, and still allows soldiers to see other people in the dark.  

(Only uses the light required to deliver information to the user -- no glow -- lasers.)

When I tried it, people glowed bright white, as if everyone in the room had suddenly turned into ghosts. With the lights off, I could see someone standing plainly behind a set of ferns, which I wouldn’t have been able to see otherwise.

McCarthy explained, “With current night vision, smoke can blur what you see. With thermal, you can see through the smoke and engage and destroy a threat. This is a game changer on the battlefield,” he said, noting that Russia, China and other potential adversaries that know about these capabilities “will not want to engage us.”  

(Deterrence!)

And This is going to be very good attention for MVIS.

I’m inside a Black Hawk helicopter flying from the Pentagon to Fort Pickett, Virginia.

I’m flying with Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Crosby, who are explaining how Microsoft’s technology will be used to better train soldiers and make them more effective in the real world. Soon, I’ll see for myself.

The Army recently invited CNBC to see how it will use specially modified Microsoft HoloLens 2 headsets. They’re part of a $480 million defense contract won by the company. The military wouldn’t say how much its version costs, but the consumer one costs $3,500.