Microsoft is discontinuing its HoloLens headsets

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• phoneymouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Microsoft will under invest in the space and then panic when someone releases a viable product.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Clearly you’ve been listening in on their high-level meetings. How could you possibly be aware of that global strategy?

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  • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    For a major market that happened only once.
    Their actually successful strategy is to make an inferior even buggy product, sell it slightly cheaper, and undermine the competition. And achieve near monopoly.

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    • chaosCruiser@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They can also leverage the ecosystem effect. If it’s well integrated with some enterprise products, companies might buy it anyway.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just like they did with the smartphone.

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  • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The upcoming Meta AR headset actually looks like it could be viable. Microsoft is giving up, or they know something Meta doesn’t.

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    • justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Meta is desperate for content and use cases for MR, and nothing comes up. They have been doing jams, they are funds to give to developers, and everything that comes up are basic wave shooters or simple ports (downgrades, really) from VR to MR.

      Microsoft has probably figured out that, except for the military, it’s a solution in search of a problem (at least in the current form factor ans with current limitations).

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    • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve said this elsewhere: The Company Formerly-known as Facebook’s headset has some impressive features and tech. However, the pixels-per-degree is abysmal. They need to at least triple it to be competitive with smartphones or birdbath optics. I’m not holding my breath but, I’d also not be mad if they succeed and are able to deliver for a reasonable price point.

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• ravhall@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  420.69? No one?

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  • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    a lot of high fives in wall st

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  • obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I took a flyer on some GME back during the excitement. Got in at about $35, set a limit order at $420.69 (nice) for the lolz, and was pleasantly amused when that order got filled.

    Source: trust me, bro

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  • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nice

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• ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Too bad, I thought those were promising for industrial applications.

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, good news though- they will likely continue to develop a military version to ensure our best tech continues to contribute to efficient killing. Also they will redirect some of the the hololens resources to further AI development bullshit.

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought I was told just a year or two ago it was supposed to be the future of manufacturing.

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• Lemjukes@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is with the most evil fuckin corps taking names from Tolkien for their shitty companies. Lookin at you palantir you fucks don’t even pronounce it right. Creepy shitheels

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• errer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  NASDAQ as a whole dropped 1.5% today so it isn’t really notable that their stock dropped

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• pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well no surprise here given what’s been going on with their MR departments. What a terrible shame.

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• FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Again?

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• xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There go my hopes and dreams of IRL Solid Vision system and duel disks…

  One day, it will happen with MR.

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• eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nice

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