2 weeks Ago By Connie Loizos
Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt wearing founder who sold Oculus VR for $2 billion before co-founding the military tech company Anduril, is back in the headset business — in a sense. Anduril has teamed up with Microsoft to embed its software into the Integrated Visual Augmentation System headset developed by Microsoft for the U.S.
military in 2021. According to Wired , the software will be incorporated into the headsets as a training tool but could also provide soldiers data about drones, ground vehicles, or aerial defense systems that are beyond their visual range. “If you have an augmented-reality display that can make you 20 percent more lethal or make someone 10 percent safer, that’s a bigger improvement than just about any piece of gear you could give you,” Luckey tells the outlet.
Anduril has been on a roll. In May, it announced landing a U.S.
military contract to build an autonomous fighter jet. Last month, it closed on new funding that values it at an impressive $14 billion..
