Microsoft’s Army Goggles Left US Soldiers With Nausea, Headaches in Test
- Army must improve the ‘human factors’: Pentagon test office
- On plus side, goggles aided navigation, mission coordination
Soldiers don IVAS hardware while mounted in a Stryker in Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington.
Source: US Army
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US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea, according to a summary of the exercise compiled by the Pentagon’s testing office.
More than 80% of those who experienced discomfort had symptoms after less than three hours using the customized version of Microsoft’s HoloLens goggles, Nickolas Guertin, director of Operation Test and Evaluation, said in a summary for Army and Defense Department officials. He said the system also is still experiencing too many failures of essential functions.