U.S. soldiers who have tested a custom version of Microsoft’s HoloLens goggles, a mixed reality headset, have reported experiencing “mission-affecting physical impairments,” according to multiple reports.
Those who participated in the tests suffered nausea, headaches, and eyestrain, a summary of tests compiled by the Pentagon and accessed by Bloomberg states. Soldiers used the goggles in field tests—with over 80 percent who reported discomfort having symptoms three hours after use. The device failed in four out of the six evaluation events during an “operational demo,” a Microsoft employee who was briefed about the event said to Business Insider.
One of the soldiers who tested the goggles said that it would get them killed because the device was generating light. In real-life scenarios, the light would simply alert an enemy of the wearer’s location. The glow was visible from hundreds of meters away….