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Bengaluru, 8th July 2024: In a significant development within the tech and transportation industry, Ola Cabs, under the leadership of Bhavish Aggarwal, has made a strategic transition to utilizing its proprietary online mapping service, Ola Maps. This move marks a pivotal shift for the Bengaluru-based ride-hailing company as it aims to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and offer advanced features to its users. The decision to shift to an in-house navigation platform comes on the heels of Ola Electric's successful commercial launch of Ola Maps in January this year. Founder Bhavish Aggarwal emphasized the substantial cost savings achieved by the company through this transition, stating that they have managed to eliminate an annual expenditure of ₹100 crore by fully leveraging ...

Earlier today, the United States Army announced Microsoft won its $22 billion VR headset deal. In contract Microsoft to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets including Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program as it moves from rapid prototyping to production and rapid fielding. The IVAS headset, based on HoloLens and augmented by Microsoft Azure cloud services, delivers a platform that will keep Soldiers safer and make them more effective. The program delivers enhanced situational awareness, enabling information sharing and decision-making in a variety of scenarios. The IVAS aggregates multiple technologies into an architecture that allows the Soldier to Fight, Rehearse, and Train using a single platform. The suite of capabilities leverages ex...

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Ola Cabs Start using Ola Maps, Exit Google Map

Microsoft Wins $22 Billion Deal to make VR Headsets for US Army