Yesterday, a multitude of websites echoed fateful news: Microsoft cancels its HoloLens 3. In this way, all the headlines claimed alleged problems within Microsoft's virtual reality division; stating that “sources close to the company” had offered the information first-hand. However, from The Verge they collect that there is nothing further from reality (and this time, not a virtual one), because those from Redmond have come out to deny the rumours.
In recent statements from his Twitter account, Alex Kipman, father of HoloLens and Microsoft engineer, assures that “HoloLens is doing very well”. In turn, Kipman refers to the report published just a few days ago; warning all web users not to “believe everything you read on the Internet”.
Reports claimed that Microsoft would not only have canceled the development of its HoloLens 3, but that its predecessor, the HoloLens 2, would also have stopped its production and distribution. Kipman uses these “claims” to further support his case, commenting: “If you look up what the internet says they also said we had canceled #HoloLens2…which last time I checked we had shipped with success”.
The HoloLens rumors have a reason
Alex Kipman with the HoloLens For its part, the reports assuring the cancellation of the HoloLens came shortly after some Microsoft workers spoke with Business Insider. As they commented to the web, there is some confusion and uncertainty within the division of Alex Kipman.
Also, it seems that the team behind the HoloLens has been losing staff over the past few years. Without going any further, last month The Wall Street Journal reported that more than 70 workers from the HoloLens division left the company; meanwhile, 40 of them joined the ranks of Meta.
The latter is in a race to develop its Metaverse, an idea that Microsoft has been pursuing for some time. In fact, those from Redmond have also been working on HoloLens designed specifically for the United States government for more than 10 years.
The company signed at the time a contract of 21,880 million dollars. However, the United States military has reportedly postponed the date on which it planned to use Microsoft's Mixed Reality glasses, because as of today they are still “plagued by quality problems and performance”.
