Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.

Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.

Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.

Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.

Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.

Soldiers from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division used an IVAS prototype during soldier touchpoint 3 in October 2020 at Fort Pickett in Virginia. (US Army )

US Army soldiers will test out upgrades to Microsoft's militarised HoloLens 2 augmented reality (AR) system in March to help the service determine if hardware and software fixes are adequate.The service said its revamped development plan is on track and soldiers may begin receiving the technology later in 2022.

In mid-2021 the army postponed plans to field its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) after it discovered problems with the device that caused soldiers to experience a range of physical ailments, from headaches to nausea, and they were not able to complete essential combat tasks. As a result, the service has been working with Microsoft to improve the heads-up display clarity – reducing the field-of-view from 80º down to 70º – while also working to get rid of ‘bugs' that would ‘crash' the system, and fixing a humidity problem with a single component inside the display.