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Dan Borkhus

Co-Founder and CEO at Holos

Holos Partners with Scale AI

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Holos Partners with Scale AI

Holos and Scale join forces to improve airmen readiness in remote deployed environments.

AFWERX Selects Holos for $1.25M Phase II SBIR Contract

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AFWERX Selects Holos for $1.25M Phase II SBIR Contract

Holos brings Just-in-Time AI-assisted AR Training via to remote deployed environments for Mission Ready Airmen

AFWERX Selects Holos for $75k Phase I SBIR Contract

AFWERX Selects Holos for $75k Phase I SBIR Contract

May 24th, 2023 – HOLOS, INC. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for an SBIR Phase I in the amount of 75 Thousand USD focused on using VR to rapidly upskill Air Force Personnel in austere environments to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the

AFVentures Selects Holos for $1.8M TACFI Contract, Matching $1.8M in VC Funds to Scale Platform Across the U.S. Air Force

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AFVentures Selects Holos for $1.8M TACFI Contract, Matching $1.8M in VC Funds to Scale Platform Across the U.S. Air Force

May 24th, 2023 – HOLOS, INC. announces it has been selected by AFVENTURES for a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Contract, an implementation of the U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR Supplemental Funding Pilot Program in the amount of 1.8 Million USD focused on Virtual Reality software development to investigate its

Holos Accepted into Japan-based SmartCityX Program

Holos Accepted into Japan-based SmartCityX Program

Holos will have the chance to conduct business directly with some of Japan's top corporations, including Japan Airlines, Suzuki, and JR East.

Holos Awarded Two Competitive 5-Year USAF Basic Ordering Agreements for Immersive Training Efforts through AETC

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Holos Awarded Two Competitive 5-Year USAF Basic Ordering Agreements for Immersive Training Efforts through AETC

Through this vehicle, Holos will be able to deliver our platform to new government stakeholders to enable the rapid creation and deployment of VR training modules to areas of learning within AETC's expansive mission needs.

Holos awarded $750,000 SBIR Phase II Contract from U.S. Air Force

Holos awarded $750,000 SBIR Phase II Contract from U.S. Air Force

Holos awarded $750,000 SBIR Phase II Contract from U.S. Air Force for AR/VR Training and Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2) Under the AFWERX Phase II SBIR contract, Holos, an AR/VR education and training platform, will provide its technology to internal Air Force organizations for the development

A Peek Into Holos

A Peek Into Holos

This (previously) private post is a comprehensive look on how we see AR/VR technology developing and our blueprint for crafting a software platform that will catapult AR/VR into the mainstream. We were sharing this document with potential partners and investors who are passionate about product design and feel

Announcing the Holos Beta: Find your Flow

Announcing the Holos Beta: Find your Flow

Today we’re super excited to announce the Holos private beta — Your own web-centric computing space in VR. At Holos, we believe that your Home in VR should be just as interactive as the worlds you launch from it. That’s why we’ve built an unprecedented spatial interface that

The Lost Vision of VR

The Lost Vision of VR

Hello everyone. Hello VR enthusiasts, visionaries, creatives, and explorers of realms. We are writing to you today because you were promised a vision of VR that was quietly lost over the past couple of years. Virtual reality used to be about having an interface to your ideal world, allowing you

Is virtual reality ready for primetime in 2016?

Is virtual reality ready for primetime in 2016?

Short answer? Yes. The longer answer requires a little more digging into why it hasn’t been possible until now. In a 2014 article by Mashable, Chelsea Stark did a good job of pointing out the 5 major roadblocks VR faced in mainstream adoption. Let’s look into each of