[HN Gopher] Congress says the Army can't spend $400M buying Micr...
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       Congress says the Army can't spend $400M buying Microsoft HoloLens
       headsets
        
       Author : andrew-ld
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-01-12 19:56 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theverge.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | bobro wrote:
       | $400M for 6900 units is about $58K per unit. Good god.
        
         | tinglymintyfrsh wrote:
         | Geeze, why don't they go for MagicLeap 2 Enterprise edition
         | ($?) or Meta Quest Pro ($1500)?
         | 
         | Also, I think the sticker shock is there but it depends on the
         | value it brings.
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         | If it's well-justified to bring a major advantage, then it's
         | acceptable. Otherwise it looks like MIC wasting $$$ on toys
         | when there's unmet social and health needs that are desperately
         | underfunded.
        
         | orange_fritter wrote:
         | Instead Congress is sending a few million to figure out how to
         | "improve" the headset. I wonder how the improvements will
         | affect the price.
        
         | ronsor wrote:
         | It's military grade!
        
         | akomtu wrote:
         | 25% of that would probably go to fund the reelection campaign
         | of the right congressmen.
        
         | c4ptnjack wrote:
         | ~$60k for a specialized tool makes sense
         | 
         | However it's clear we are years and years of development away
         | from this actually being relevant over conventional tools. It
         | really seems like were just giving money to Microsoft for
         | developing what will ultimately just be internal patents going
         | towards consumer or business facing products in the nearer
         | term.
        
         | jdsully wrote:
         | They appear to be combat headsets with unique functions like
         | night vision - not the ones you'd buy for gaming.
        
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