Editing Dual-use technology (section)

=== HoloLens 2 ===
[[File:HoloLens 2.jpeg|thumb|left|Microsoft's HoloLens 2]]
Early 2019, Microsoft announced the [[HoloLens 2]], smart glasses that will allow consumers to experience [[augmented reality]] within the real world.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/06/microsoft-hololens-2-army-plans-to-customize-as-ivas.html|title=How the Army plans to use Microsoft's high-tech HoloLens goggles on the battlefield|last=Haselton|first=Todd|date=2019-04-06|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> However, it was revealed Microsoft made a 479 million dollar deal with the U.S. government.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/25/tech/augmented-reality-microsoft-us-military/index.html|title=Microsoft CEO defends US military contract that some employees say crosses a line|author=Charles Riley and Samuel Burke|website=CNN|date=25 February 2019|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5746790-Microsoft-HoloLens-Letter.html|title=Microsoft HoloLens Letter|last=NBC|date=2019-02-23|website=www.documentcloud.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> This contract would have Microsoft create and supply the U.S. Army a separate version of the HoloLens smart glasses called the [[Integrated Visual Augmentation System]] (IVAS).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The IVAS would be used to train soldiers, as well as field medics with battlefield experience within a virtual environment.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> This version of the HoloLens allowed the soldiers to have a virtual map of their current environment, friendly units' locations, and much more.<ref name=":2" /> An anonymous Microsoft employee published an open letter demanding that Microsoft terminate the IVAS contract.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Microsoft president [[Brad Smith (American lawyer)|Brad Smith]] had previously made a public blog post<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/10/26/technology-and-the-us-military/|title=Technology and the US military|date=26 October 2018}}</ref> outlining the company's stance on "how technology companies should work with the government, and specifically whether companies should supply digital technology to the military."