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It’s easy to see potential in augmented reality.

The US Army struck a deal worth up to $22 billion with Microsoft for these futuristic headsets soldiers will wear in combat rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell) © US Army A US Army soldier wearing a prototype IVAS headset. US Army The US Army awarded Microsoft a contract for up to almost $22 billion for futuristic headsets. The contract is for the production and delivery of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). IVAS headsets give soldiers access to data-driven tools in battle so they can fight better. The US Army awarded a contract worth up to $21.9 mil...

The Xbox company also has a $10 billion contract with the Department of Defense for cloud technology.

US Army The contract is for the production and delivery of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). IVAS headsets give soldiers access to data-driven tools in battle so they can fight better. The US Army awarded a contract worth up to $21.9 million to Microsoft to supply soldiers with futuristic augmented reality headsets, the service and the company announced. The Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset, which is based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology and for which the company initially received a $480 million contract to help dev...

Microsoft has been given a $22 billion contract by the U.S. Army to supply its augmented reality headsets for the troops.