This is noteworthy in terms of how far this pushes R&D for the civilian product or at least what could be added to a 3rd Hololens release.

The military HL2 model is known to be designed differently, although “it’s not known how it’s different”.

It will be interesting to understand:

1. Sunlight mitigation: the AR holography usually washes out in bright sunlight — devs often have to quick fix and outdoor use of the Hololens by using sunscreen film on the visor…
2. Shatterproof plastic and glass visor & lenses — it will need to very safe be in a military context and the only headset known to meet industrial / noisy / dusty etc. safety standards is the RealWear, not Hololens, unless they can release more safety info about this model
3. Heat chutes and batteries — the headset often overheats but has tiny ‘chimneys’ inside that funnel the heat away — will they be effective in combat where environmental temperature wither gets very warm, or fluctuates?

All in all its a move that let’s the research pay for itself