Finally, some sanity.
But,, the military may struggle to finance such a venture, with Congress reportedly rejecting the Army's request for $400 million — which would come out of the government's $1.75 billion funding bill — to buy up to 6,900 pairs of the goggles.
Lawmakers are now forcing the Army and Microsoft to go back to the drawing board to come up with an entirely new version for a mere $40 million. It's a blow to the Army's already troubled attempts to develop and test a version of Microsoft's HoloLens headsets designed for the battlefield.'s sources, tests found that the headsets fell well short of expectations, and gave recruits "mission-affecting physical impairments" ranging from headaches to eyestrain and nausea.
Worse yet, the Army had been planning to spend an exorbitant amount on the headsets — $21.9 billion over ten years for up to 121,000 devices — and has already ordered 5,000 goggles for training purposes.
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