Microsoft wins contract with US Army to develop augmented reality for the battlefield
Over the past two years, Microsoft has worked with the US Army on the prototyping phase of what is called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The company said the US Army had moved into the production phase of the project. In a blog post, Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman said the headsets are designed to deliver "enhanced situational awareness, enabling information sharing and decision-making in a variety of scenarios". The headsets will be manufactured in the US, according to the Microsoft spokesman. This is not the first time Microsoft has worked with military to devel...