Mixed Reality: upcoming dates

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• Software10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Microsoft Retires Mesh as Standalone Mixed Reality Platform

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 12/01/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better313 days ago

  The Register^[1] (2 December 2025): "As of December 1, mixed reality collaboration platform Microsoft Mesh is no more".

  Microsoft retired its Mesh mixed reality collaboration platform on 1 December 2025, moving immersive meetings into Teams after announcing the end of the standalone app in July.

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• Defense10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Anduril Unveils EagleEye Mixed Reality Helmets at AUSA

  Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801, M Street Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001, United StatesAnduril Industries

  

  Starts 10/13/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins77% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 77%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better362 days ago

  TechCrunch^[1] (October 13, 2025): "Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled 'EagleEye,' a helmeted computing system".

  Anduril unveiled EagleEye on 13 October 2025 at AUSA in Washington, a family of AI-enabled mixed reality helmet, visor and glasses systems built on Lattice for the Army's SBMC program.

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• Defense10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Army Awards Anduril US$159 Million and Rivet US$195 Million for SBMC Headsets

  Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, United StatesAnduril Industries

  

  Starts 09/08/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.1 years ago

  DefenseScoop^[1] (8 September 2025): "Anduril announced Monday that it landed a $159 million deal for the Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) program."

  On 8 September 2025 the Army's Soldier Borne Mission Command program, successor to IVAS, awarded Anduril US$159 million and Rivet US$195 million to prototype night vision and mixed reality headsets.

  $159M

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• Defense10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Meta and Anduril Partner on Military XR Headsets, Starting With EagleEye

  Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, United StatesAnduril Industries

  

  Starts 05/29/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins76% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 76%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.4 years ago

  UploadVR^[1][5] is dated 29 May 2025 and reports "Anduril is teaming up with Meta to build XR products for US and allied militaries, starting with the EagleEye AR/VR helmet".

  On 29 May 2025 Anduril and Meta announced a partnership to design and field augmented and virtual reality products for US and allied militaries, starting with the EagleEye helmet.

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Original HoloLens Gets Its Final Servicing Update and Reaches End of Life

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 12/10/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.8 years ago

  MIXED quotes Microsoft's partner notice: "The end of life for HoloLens (1st Gen) is Dec 10, 2024"; Road to VR^[5] says the 2016-era HoloLens "will receive its final servicing update on December 10th, 2024".

  Microsoft ended support for the first-generation HoloLens on 10 December 2024 with a final servicing update, saying devices would keep working but get no more security updates.

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Microsoft Discontinues HoloLens 2 With No Successor

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 09/27/2024CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins76% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 76%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better2.0 years ago

  Road to VR^[1] (1 October 2024): "Microsoft announced to enterprise partners last week that it's discontinuing its latest AR headset, HoloLens 2"; MIXED embeds a tweet of 30 September 2024 saying "On Friday, Microsoft announced the End of Life for HoloLens 2 as Dec 31, 2027" (Friday 27 September).

  Microsoft told partners in late September 2024 that HoloLens 2 was discontinued, with a last-time buy and security updates only through 31 December 2027.

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• Software10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Microsoft Announces Mesh Mixed Reality Platform at Ignite

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 03/02/2021CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better5.6 years ago

  Silicon Republic^[1] quotes Alex Kipman's Ignite keynote "yesterday (2 March)"; Domus dated 4 March also reports the announcement.

  Microsoft announced Mesh on 2 March 2021 at Ignite, a cloud platform for shared holographic collaboration across HoloLens, VR headsets, phones and PCs.

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  HoloLens 2 Begins Shipping to Enterprise Customers

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 11/07/2019CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6.9 years ago

  Road to VR^[1] says HoloLens 2 shipping began "back in November 2019"; Wikipedia^[2][3][4] gives the day as November 7, 2019.

  Microsoft began shipping HoloLens 2 on 7 November 2019 in the US, France, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, to select enterprise customers first.

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Microsoft Unveils HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

  Fira de Barcelona - Gran Via, Carrer del Bronze, Sant Cristòfol, la Marina de Port, Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08908Microsoft

  

  Starts 02/24/2019CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better7.6 years ago

  Wikipedia^[1][3] and Tech Advisor^[2]: HoloLens 2 was announced by Alex Kipman on February 24, 2019 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

  Microsoft unveiled the HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset at MWC Barcelona on 24 February 2019, priced at US$3,500 for enterprise customers with a wider field of view.

  $3.5K

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• Defense10/08/2026@TechDesk

  US Army Awards Microsoft US$480 Million HoloLens Prototype Deal (IVAS)

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 11/28/2018CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins76% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 76%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better7.9 years ago

  GovConWire^[1] (29 November 2018): "A contract award notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps" - Wednesday was 28 November 2018.

  The US Army awarded Microsoft a potential US$479.1 million other transaction agreement to prototype HoloLens-based augmented reality headsets, the start of the IVAS program.

  $479.1M

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  HoloLens Development Edition Ships to Developers at US$3,000

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 03/30/2016CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins77% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 77%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10.5 years ago

  PCMag (via Fox News^[1], 29 February 2016): "The device will start shipping to developers on March 30"; Wikipedia^[2][3] records that it shipped on March 30, 2016.

  Microsoft began shipping the HoloLens Development Edition on 30 March 2016 at a list price of US$3,000, first to approved developers in the United States and Canada.

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• Electronics10/08/2026@TechDesk

  Microsoft Unveils HoloLens Holographic Headset With Windows 10

  Microsoft Building 92, 15010, Northeast 36th Street, Microsoft West Campus, Overlake, Redmond, King County, Washington, 98052, United StatesMicrosoft

  

  Starts 01/21/2015CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better11.7 years ago

  TechCrunch's^[1] report is stamped 5:13 PM PST, January 21, 2015 and says the media event was held on Microsoft's corporate campus in Redmond, Washington.

  Microsoft unveiled HoloLens at its Redmond headquarters on 21 January 2015, a wireless see-through headset that overlays holograms on the real world and runs Windows 10.

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