Microsoft hasn’t given up on developing HoloLens 3, said the engineering colleague, who heads the company’s mixed reality division. In one tweet Discovered The Verge, Alex Kipman of Microsoft told a concerned fan not to believe everything they read online. “HoloLens is doing great and if you search the internet they also say we canceled HoloLens2… which last I checked we shipped successfully,” he said.
Kipman’s tweet came out in response report Business Insider announced this week claims that the company recently scrapped plans for what would be HoloLens 3. Microsoft has strongly objected to the outlet’s report. “We remain committed to HoloLens and its future development,” said Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw. Business Insider. He added that the device is an “important part of [the company’s] plans for emerging categories like mixed reality and metaverse. “
Like Shaw, Kipman did not directly address the possibility of Microsoft working with Samsung to co-develop a separate mixed reality device, nor did he mention the staffing issues that the mixed reality department has. Microsoft’s had to face. According to a recent report from The Wall Street JournalKipman’s team has lost about 100 people in the past year, with many of those employees defecting to Meta.
Microsoft, however, seems optimistic about metaverse outlook. “We feel very well positioned to capture what I think is essentially the next wave of the internet,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told analysts last month during the earnings call. the company’s second quarter entry.
All products recommended by Engadget are handpicked by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
