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Back in 2018, Microsoft found itself in the middle of a controversy after selling $480 million worth of HoloLens headsets to the US Army. Employees spoke out against the decision at the time, but Microsoft stood its ground. Now, Microsoft has signed a much bigger contract with the military, selling $21.88 billion worth of newer HoloLens tech. HoloLens tech has been used for the IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmented System) concept, which uses the AR display to show a map, thermal imaging and aim for a weapon. Under the new $21 billion contract, Microsoft will mass produce 120,000 custom HoloLens/...

Microsoft wins potential $22B contract to supply HoloLens AR headsets to US Army SHARE Microsoft Corp. has won a multibillion-dollar contract to supply customized HoloLens augmented reality headsets to the U.S. Army. The contract, announced by the Army today, could be worth as much as $21.88 billion and will see Microsoft supply more than 120,000 headsets over the next 10 years. Microsoft has reportedly been developing the Integrated Visual Augmented System since 2015. It’s based on the consumer HoloLens VR headset and augmented with Microsoft Azure cloud services....

Company enters production phase on augmented reality headsets for US soldiers