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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

Announcements

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

Announcements

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.

Defense

Listen to Holos CEO Dan Borkhus talk about Defense Innovation on the Techtopia Podcast

Holos Co-Founder and CEO Dan Borkhus recently made a guest appearance on the podcast along with industry friend James Boyd of Adyton and our Technical Point of Contact for Phase II R&D efforts Jeremy Neilson over at Edwards Air Force Base. The group discusses military innovation and collaboration

Announcements

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.

Development

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

Musings

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

Musings

Why Holos is about you.

Play a direct role in the development of Holos by deciding what we build next. When we first started Holos, we made it our mission to be the homespace that everyone could see themselves in. We wanted to build an ecosystem around that goal to allow each person to bring

Musings

Why do you need a virtual home?

We’re on the cusp of a transformative new medium. People are able to scale virtual mountains, play Frisbee Golf with new friends from the other side of the earth, and create art with the lowest barrier ever between the mind and the work. But why, then, do we still

Announcements

Introducing holos.

Today, we’re introducing holos, the customizable VR homespace that lets you do more. After almost a year of hard work, all of us here at turingVR are excited to share it with you. We created holos for two reasons; Because we believe that you should have have complete ownership

Musings

Long Live HyperCard

Originally conceived as a software Erector Set in 1987, HyperCard gave non-programmers a way to put together interactive information. Sounds simple, right? It is. HyperCard’s creator, Bill Atkinson, wanted to create something that would allow people from all backgrounds, from elementary to enterprise, to easily create and maintain content.