Gesture recognition

Microsoft has won a Pentagon contract for augmented reality headgear for soldiers worth $21.88 billion over the next decade, the company and the U.S. military announced on March 31.

The headsets, based on commercially available HoloLens, will make soldiers safer and more effective, according to Microsoft technical fellow Alex Kipman.

Samsung's lab has introduced a digital avatar described as an AI-powered "artificial human," claiming it is able to "converse and sympathize" like real people, livemint reported.