China’s military uses Microsoft mixed-reality HoloLens 2 headsets to maintain equipment, video shows

PLA Air Force member seen wearing the US tech firm’s HoloLens 2 goggles in video clip posted online by state broadcaster CCTV. Mixed-reality system used to carry out ‘virtual disassembly before examination’ of an aircraft engine, according to the post. — SCMP

China’s military is apparently using mixed-reality goggles made by US tech giant Microsoft to maintain its equipment, according to a video clip released by state broadcaster CCTV.

In a post on social media network Weibo on Tuesday, CCTV said a unit of the Eastern Theatre Command Air Force was using a “mixed-reality maintenance system” for its daily operations.