Microsoft is discontinuing its consumer HoloLens headset program, marking a major change for the company. After all, CEO Satya Nadella said in 2016 that HoloLens would be "key" to Microsoft's growth in the future. That didn't end up coming to fruition, though, and the HoloLens program is winding down--at least for consumers. Microsoft will continue to work with the US Army to make a version of the headset for soldiers.

Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR that HoloLens 2 production has ended. Updates for "critical security issues and software regressions" will run through the end of 2027. But software support for HoloLens 2 will come to an end in 2028.

The original HoloLens headset that debuted in 2017 will have its own software support end after December 10, 2024. Production on this device was halted in 2018.