The American army delays the deployment of 120,000 Microsoft helmets of augmented reality

The American army has decided to postpone the deployment of 120,000 IVAS visual strengthening helmets whose technology is based on Microsoft's Hololans 2 helmets.

The American military command was committed in late March to buy these technological devices for its soldiers.The upcoming contract, initially planned over 10 years, was estimated to be able to report up to $ 21.9 billion to the firm founded by Bill Gates.

The IVAS (Integrated Visual Increase System) uses on -board night and thermal sensors as well as augmented reality and automatic learning technologies.American soldiers who tested these helmets described them as "as intuitive as an iPhone" and as practical use as if we followed "video game instructions".

According to the Daily Financial Times, "these objects are intended for close combat in an urban environment and allow soldiers to train and fight in the dark.Glasses help target the objective: augmented reality and automatic learning tools overlap on the ground that soldiers see in front of them.They can thus see through the walls and look beyond street corners without moving.The glasses are also linked together, which allows the chiefs who have remained at the base to see what the soldiers see in real time and the soldiers to receive images turned directly by drones.In addition, laptops, which are equipped with artificial intelligence chips, record the movements of the eyes and hands of the soldiers live and follow what they say.»»

You can admire technological prowess and shudder with its use.Thus, Microsoft employees are asking for the cancellation of this order since 2018. "Nearly 100 Microsoft employees have asked the company to cancel this contract by affirming that their company should not develop weapons -related technologies",specifies the Financial Times.

The American army is more concerned with the robustness of the object.It gave examples the fact that the helmet cannot work in the rain and that its low autonomy requires transporting batteries in an already heavy package.