Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt-wearing founder of Oculus VR who sold the company for $2 billion before co-founding military tech company Anduril, is back in the headset business — in a sense.
Anduril will soon include its software in Integrated Visual Enhancement System The headset developed by Microsoft for the US military in 2021.
according to WiredThe software will be integrated into head-mounted displays for training; it can also provide soldiers with data on drones, ground vehicles, or air defense systems beyond their visual range.
“If you have an augmented reality display that can make you 20 percent more lethal or make someone 10 percent safer, that’s a bigger improvement than any piece of equipment you can give them,” Luckey says.
Anduril was in good shape. In May, landed A U.S. military contract to build an autonomous fighter jet; last month, the company closed $14 billion in new funding.