• TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Do soldiers actually use these in the field though? Stuff like this has been in magazines about military tech since the 80’s.

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      6 hours ago

      It’s been field tested and the biggest complaint was that it would give soldiers nausea because tracking wasn’t good enough and refresh rate was slow.

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      8 hours ago

      they were supposed to replace the old system but people aren’t using them because;

      Microsoft had a $22 billion contract but Republican senate delayed buying them last year and yesterday the army gave the contract to a different company…which may or may not be linked to the new administration