Luckey cofounded Anduril in 2017, after selling Oculus VR to Facebook for a reported $2 billion. His new company set out to challenge incumbent defense contractors by moving swiftly and efficiently, focusing more on software, and adapting technologies from the tech industry for military use.

The goggles, equipped with AR technology, aim to improve infantry performance through features like night vision and threat awareness.

Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt wearing founder who sold Oculus VR for $2 billion before co-founding the military tech company Anduril, is back in the headset business -- in a sense. According to Wired,

Luckey's Anduril Industries has landed a lucrative new contract with the DoD that will bring automated headsets to America's warrior class.

Anduril is teaming up with Microsoft to improve the Army’s HoloLens-based headsets with real-time threat updates.