Apr 1, 2021
In this May 11, 2017, file photo, members of a design team at Cirque du Soleil demonstrate use of Microsoft s HoloLens device in helping to virtually design a set at the Microsoft Build 2017 developers conference in Seattle. Microsoft says it has won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its virtual reality headsets. Microsoft announced the deal Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which were originally intended for the video game and entertainment industries. Pentagon officials have described the futuristic technology which the Army calls its Integrated Visual Augmentation System as a way of boosting soldiers’ awareness of their surroundings and their ability to spot targets and dangers. Microsoft’s head-mounted HoloLens displays let
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Microsoft pulls $22B trigger on Army AR - Mobile World Live 01 APR 2021
Microsoft won a deal to supply the US Army with AR headsets based on its HoloLens product, in an agreement reportedly worth just shy of $22 billion over ten years.
In a blog, the company said it would work with the US Army on the production phase of an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) programme, in a move to swiftly bring next-generation technology to the battlefield.
The IVAS headset will be based on HoloLens and augmented by Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, designed to “deliver a platform to keep soldiers safer and make them more effective”, the software giant explained.
by Associated Press April 1, 2021 .
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets.
Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday.
The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which were originally intended for the video game and entertainment industries.
Pentagon officials have described the futuristic technology which the Army calls its Integrated Visual Augmentation System as a way of boosting soldiers’ awareness of their surroundings and their ability to spot targets and dangers.
Microsoft’s head-mounted HoloLens displays let people see virtual imagery superimposed over the physical world in front of them anything from holograms in virtual game worlds to repair instructions floating over a broken gadget.