US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.

US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.

US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.

US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.

US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.

US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division use an IVAS prototype during a trench clearing exercise in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. The army has since decided to delay fielding the technology and the Pentagon inspector general's office is auditing the programme. (US Army)

The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) Inspector General is auditing the army's militarised version of Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system to determine if the technology will in fact meet soldiers' needs. This examination comes at a time when the service has delayed fielding the head-up display to solve performance issues, and Janes understands that it is unclear if soldiers will even be able to use the device for activities such as the often-touted, mixed-reality training capability once these fixes are in place.