HoloLens 2was Microsofts attempt to become the big fish in the burgeoning VR space.

Instead, for years, the headset floundered.

On Tuesday, Microsoft finally declared that its HoloLens efforts have drowned.

Microsoft was always keen to show off HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona.

Microsoft was always keen to show off HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona.© Photo: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Microsoft is ending production on the HoloLens 2.

Worse, theres no HoloLens 3 in sight.

Microsoft first confirmed HoloLens demise in a statement toUploadVR.

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The HoloLens 2 headset will receive updates for critical security issues and software regressions until 2027.

By 2028, Microsofts beleaguered mixed reality brand will no longer be supported.

Now, all thats left of HoloLens is the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS.

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That ongoing project is Microsofts effort to make AR glasses for the U.S. Army.

HoloLens was billed as a business-end equipment rather than a headset we regular folk got to use day-to-day.

Microsoft will stop offering security updates after Dec. 10 this year.

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Microsoft reportedly had a HoloLens 3 in the works for the past several years.

Some wanted the next headset to focus more on consumer-end headsets than the HoloLens 1 and 2 enterprise customers.

More HoloLens developers have moved on to Meta.

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Microsofts timing seems especially dire consideringMetas recent Connect conference.

The Mark Zuckerberg-led companyrevealed a new$300 Meta Quest 3S budget headsetanditsfirst pair of true AR glasses.

Its essentially what Microsoft wanted from its HoloLens.

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Just five years ago, the HoloLens 2 was competing with Magic Leap.

Metareportedly worked with the once-VR titanto get its hands on its AR visualization tech.

The U.S. Army is stillreportedlygung-ho on IVAS, just as muchas it was last year.

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A 2022 report showed U.S. soldiers who used IVAS 1.0were less combat-effectivethan those who went without.

At least one soldier reportedly worried the headset was so uncomfortable and ineffective that it would get them killed.

The U.S. Army plans to run a company-level test of the headset sometime in 2025.

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Armed forces officials must decide whether IVAS is worth putting into wider production next year.

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