By Tom Warren , a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has

Microsoft is discontinuing its HoloLens headsets

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2024-10-02 04:30:05

By Tom Warren , a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

Microsoft has ended production of its HoloLens 2 headset, with no sign of a replacement ahead. In an email sent to The Verge, Microsoft cloud communications general manager Craig Cincotta writes:

Microsoft is no longer producing Microsoft HoloLens 2, and we have signaled a last time to buy for customers and partners. Support for HoloLens 2, including security updates will end on December 31, 2027.

We will continue to invest in mixed reality opportunities with first-party software solutions and services, partnering with the broader mobile phone and mixed reality hardware ecosystem. In addition, we remain fully committed to the IVAS program with the US Department of Defense.

Software support for the original HoloLens headset will end on December 10th, as reported by UploadVR. Microsoft originally unveiled its HoloLens headset in 2015, promising the augmented reality goggles would power the future of virtual worlds. Microsoft then followed them up with the HoloLens 2 in 2019, with a wider field of view, eye tracking, and more powerful specs.