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☆ Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens, and its huge IVAS military contract is in trouble
  + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
The company's 10-year IVAS contract to make goggles for the Army is worth up to $22 billion. HoloLens historyMicrosoft's HoloLens device was unveiled in 2015. While the 10-year IVAS contract was expected to be worth as much as $22 billion, it suffered delays and has been plagued by quality and performance problems . AdvertisementIn September, Microsoft tapped Anduril to help with its military contract. Palmer Luckey, a virtual-reality pioneer who founded Anduril, recently described the IVAS contract as his "top priority."
Persons: —, That's, that's, It's, HoloLens, Alex Kipman, Kipman, Panos Panay, Palmer Luckey, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Service, US Army, US Department of Defense, Department of Defense, Google, BI, Amazon, Meta, Apple, Labs, Bloomberg, Breaking Defense Locations: IVAS
☆ Google ends enterprise sales of Google Glass, its augmented reality smartglasses
  + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Google has stopped selling its Glass Enterprise smart glasses, the company announced on Wednesday on its website. Glass Enterprise was the successor to Google Glass, a lightweight glasses product that displayed tiny bits of information on a transparent screen in the user's field of view. Google's retreat comes as rivals, including Meta and Apple , are investing in augmented reality and virtual reality technology which could end up in devices that are much more sophisticated Google Glass. The discontinuation of Glass does not mean that Google has given up on augmented reality or smartglasses, though. Last summer, Google previewed a different pair of smartglasses that could translate and transcribe speech in real-time, and said it would continue to test augmented reality glasses prototypes in public.
☆ The Microsoft executive in charge of its troubled mixed reality military goggles is leaving the company
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The executive leading Microsoft's mixed reality goggle program for the US military is leaving. Microsoft's military contract has been behind schedule and plagued by performance issues. David Marra — the executive in charge of Microsoft's mixed reality goggle program for the US military — is leaving the company, Insider has learned. Marra is IVAS's program director, as well as the partner and general manager of AI and mixed reality. Domencic, who one person said replaces Marra, landed at Microsoft in November 2020 after a long career in the military.
☆ Microsoft's most significant departures and hires of 2022, including execs who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations
  + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The list includes executives who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations. The company's most significant departures include executives who resigned following Insider reports on misconduct allegations. Current and former Microsoft employees said Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward female employees, including unwanted touching. Kipman resigned less than two weeks after Insider published the story. Kipman, Keane, and Ma have not responded to Insider's requests for comment.
☆ 'They are untouchable': Microsoft employees say 'golden boy' executives are still running wild, 8 years after the company vowed to clean up its toxic culture
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +23 min
The Microsoft executive walked into the small, windowless room in Studio C at about 8 o'clock that evening. Despite Nadella's public stance against those he has called "talented jerks," many inside the company say Microsoft retains a nearly unlimited tolerance for bad behavior by its top rainmakers and developers. "The Microsoft of 2021 is very different from the Microsoft of 2000 to me and to everyone at Microsoft," Nadella said. But some women say the investigations drag on for months or even years, with no clear timeline for resolution. What's more, some employees say Microsoft's efforts to promote racial equity often smack of tokenism.
☆ A review of Microsoft's sexual harassment policies found it could have acted earlier to address executive misconduct alleged in Insider report
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Microsoft released results of what it said was an independent review of its sexual harassment policies. The review cites Insider's report about allegations of misconduct from "golden boy" executives whose value gave them impunity. Current and former Microsoft employees alleged Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward women employees, including unwanted touching. Microsoft, according to ArentFox's report, provided the firm with records related to allegations of misconduct by Kipman and Keane from 2021 and earlier. The firm did not investigate the allegations, but reviewed the results of Microsoft's own investigations into the allegations and found the company could have addressed inappropriate conduct earlier.
☆ Leaked Microsoft organizational chart shows the 19 people running its all-important cloud business
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
An internal org chart shows the 19 people running Microsoft's Cloud + AI org under CEO Satya Nadella. An internal Microsoft organizational chart viewed by Insider shows the people in charge of the company's cloud and artificial intelligence business — a business so tremendous, it employs at least one-third of Microsoft's massive workforce. The Cloud + AI org is responsible for Microsoft's Azure cloud business, plus its data platform, developer services, and software like its Dynamics 365 customer relationship management tool. The org is run by Scott Guthrie, one of CEO Satya Nadella's top lieutenants and the exec who has led Microsoft's cloud business since at least 2011. Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft subsidiary GitHub who stepped down in November 2021, also remained on the org chart viewed by Insider.
☆ Microsoft insiders describe a leadership vacuum in its metaverse unit as its gigantic US Military contract fell short in its latest test: 'The devices would have gotten us killed'
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
While "Alex needed to go," insiders say, the mixed reality unit split up after his exit and left a leadership vacuum. In June, Microsoft's Mixed Reality unit — responsible for the HoloLens goggles and other nascent metaverse projects — saw a huge shakeup. Now, months later, Microsoft insiders say the company's metaverse and mixed reality ambitions remain uncertain amid canceled projects, budget cuts, a struggling contract with the United States military, and lack of leadership. One insider said that there's "no roadmap to speak of" for HoloLens as Microsoft instead focuses on the Army contract. Mixed reality teams have already seen significant cuts to their expenses.
☆ The era of Big Tech moonshots is over. Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are pulling back on ambitious, risky long-term projects after many of them failed.
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Hugh Langley | Eugene Kim | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have scaled back their ambitious "moonshot" projects. Moonshots like Google X and Amazon Grand Challenge allowed tech firms to build innovative projects. Before Amazon, Parviz led a similar team at Google called Google X. Page and Brin championed X projects they loved, helping them gain funding and headcount within the unit. Parviz, who created the once-hyped-up Google Glass, left Google X in 2014 to start Amazon's Grand Challenge.
☆ Microsoft's MIT blackjack whiz who was accused of treating women unfairly is leaving, according to a leaked internal memo
  + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Microsoft for Startups boss Jeff Ma, an MIT-trained blackjack whiz accused of treating women unfairly at work, is leaving the company, according to an internal email viewed by Insider. Charlotte Yarkoni, Microsoft's cloud and artificial-intelligence chief operating officer, announced the change internally on Friday, saying Ma is "leaving Microsoft to pursue his next adventure." "Jeff's expertise and impact on Microsoft for Startups has been notable," Yarkoni wrote in the email. While there's no indication Ma's departure is related to the allegations, Ma is the latest executive accused of mistreating employees to leave Microsoft in recent months. Current and former Microsoft employees alleged Kipman repeatedly got away with inappropriate behavior toward women employees, including unwanted touching.
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