Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt sporting founder who offered Oculus VR for $2 billion earlier than co-founding the navy tech firm Anduril, is again within the headset enterprise — in a way.
Anduril has teamed up with Microsoft to embed its software program into the Built-in Visible Augmentation System headset developed by Microsoft for the U.S. navy in 2021.
In keeping with Wired, the software program will likely be integrated into the headsets as a coaching instrument however might additionally present troopers knowledge about drones, floor automobiles, or aerial protection methods which are past their visible vary.
“You probably have an augmented-reality show that may make you 20 p.c extra deadly or make somebody 10 p.c safer, that’s a much bigger enchancment than simply about any piece of substances you would provide you with,” Luckey tells the outlet.
Anduril has been on a roll. In Could, it introduced touchdown a U.S. navy contract to construct an autonomous fighter jet. Final month, it closed on new funding that values it at a formidable $14 billion.
