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Microsoft to supply US army with augmented reality headsets



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Microsoft Corp snatched a highly lucrative contract to provide US soldiers with augmented reality headsets, US media reported on Wednesday. The deal with the Pentagon could end up being worth close to $22 billion (€18.8 billion) over the course of 10 years, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Reuters. In a blog post, Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman said the headsets were designed to deliver “enhanced situational awareness, enabling information sharing and decision-making in a variety of scenarios.” The technology behind the headsets is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens product and backed up by Azure cloud computing services. What are augmented reality headsets? In line …

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