HoloLens 3 may not be dead after all, suggests Alex Kipman
Microsoft’s Alex Kipman appears to disagree with the reports claiming that the HoloLens 3 was canceled. Kipman, a technical fellow at Microsoft and overseer of the company’s Mixed Reality division, took to Twitter to refute the claims.
The entire HoloLens division came under fire following a report that includes information from “more than 20 current and former employees,” at Microsoft. Our managing editor Daniel Rubino said that he’s “never heard of such a division in this much chaos in all [his] years of covering Microsoft.”
The report outlined a division in disarray, including Microsoft not having a clear vision for its mixed reality devices. The piece claimed that the HoloLens 3 was canceled in mid-2021, that Microsoft’s partnership with Samsung caused rifts, and that at least 25 Microsoft employees working on mixed reality have left for Meta. It also stated that Microsoft’s $22 billion contract with the U.S. military is behind schedule.
In contrast to claims, Kipman claims HoloLens is doing great.
Kipman also notes that there were reports of the HoloLens 2 being canceled. That device has since shipped.
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