Microsoft ha pagado 150mill por patentes de Realidad Aumentada, que no Realidad Virtual. La empresa a la que los ha comprado, Osterhout Design Group, se dedica a desarrollar todo tipo de dispositivos usables y también desarrolla objetos de uso militar.

Cita:You can see the patents here - they were reassigned to Microsoft on 17th January 2014. Tech Crunch has yet to receive comment from the manufacturer, but it has spoken to ODG founder and head Ralph Osterhout, who confirmed that the acquisition had taken place but declined to give details. According to one of the site's anonymous contacts, Microsoft paid up between $100 and 150 million for the patents.

The technology described by the patent documents is scarily impressive. I've attached a gallery of figures, obtained from Google's patent database. One patent stipulates a pair of see-through glasses equipped with an on-board processor, which is used to run small projectors that display an image on the surface of the glass, allowing the wearer to view various kinds of data and the surrounding environment simultaneously. Another pairs the device with a sort of fancy watch, which is used to control what you view through the glasses.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/27/microso...ign-group/