Be careful of the JEDI, Amazon
Microsoft has agreed to supply at least 120,000 production units of its HoloLens augmented-reality headsets to the US Army. In 2018, the software giant signed a $480m contract to supply 100,000 prototypes of the techno-goggles to Uncle Sam. The first batch of hardware was intended to « increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy. » And now, the software giant has announced it’s moving on from the prototype phase to a production run and field deployment of its headgear, dubbed the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). Microsoft told the AP newswire the contract could be worth up to $21.9bn over the next decade; the deal is set at five years and can be extended another five.
