Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue
Job cuts in HoloLens raise question about future versions of goggles
Microsoft is reducing its workforce in HoloLens, Surface and Xbox businesses as part of broad cuts.
Photographer: Chona Kasinger/BloombergMicrosoft Corp., implementing the layoff of 10,000 workers announced last month, on Thursday cut jobs in units including Surface devices, HoloLens mixed reality hardware and Xbox, according to people familiar with the matter.
Cuts to much of the HoloLens hardware team throw into question whether the company will produce a third iteration of the goggles outside of a planned version for the US Army, said the people, who declined to be named discussing confidential matters. At the Xbox gaming unit, reductions came in marketing and the Xbox Gaming Ecosystem Group, one of the people said.