In 2017, the founding father of the VR headset ‘Oculus’, which was firmly firmly firmly firmly fired from the meta from Mark Zuckerberg, was re -established in eight years.
Anduril and Meta announced on Tuesday that they’ve jointly developed the subsequent -generation military equipment for the US Army.
The 2 firms are reported to be aimed toward a contract of as much as $ 100 million. He also added that he’ll proceed to collaborate whatever the contract.
The Eagle Eye is depicted as a ‘SF -style military helmet’ with various sensors that improve the vision and hearing ability of the soldier, and goals to maximise the knowledge awareness and response capability in the sensible environment.
This collaboration is attracting attention in that it’s a return cooperation beyond the past conflict between CEO Zuckerberg and founding father of Lucky Andurill. The founding father of Rucky was acquired by the Meta in 2014 and joined, but was fired in 2017.
He said in a 2019 CNBC interview, “It was fired from Meta for no reason,” he said.
Last yr, nevertheless, President Donald Trump was elected, and large techs, including meta, are reorganizing their relationships with the White House. Specifically, Zuckerberg’s CEO actively supports the Trump administration’s policy, comparable to easing content censorship policies.
Zuckerberg said in a press release that “Meta has developed AI and AR technology into the subsequent generation computing platform over the past decade,” he said.
The founding father of Lucky said, “I’m completely satisfied to be with Meta again.” Among the many dual use technology (civil and military technology), there’s a rare opportunity for america as much as this cooperation.
Meta recently announced plans to supply the ‘Rama’ model to government departments related to defense and national security.
Meanwhile, Anduril announced in February that it decided to accumulate the US Army AR headset program through an agreement with Microsoft (Microsoft), and in December last yr, it’s also working on open AI and national security purposes.
By Park Chan, reporter cpark@aitimes.com
