• DARPA's hologoggles would give troops control of drones
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[quote=dvice] [img]http://dvice.com/assets_c/2011/04/Vuzix-Blade-Tac-Eye-thumb-550xauto-60453.jpg[/img] DARPA's looking for a way to give soldiers on the ground more direct access to air support, and the solution that they've come up with involves a nifty-looking set of holographic sunglasses. Generally, when soldiers request air support, that request has to wind its way through patchy radio links, complicated computer systems, intelligence analysts, commanders, lawyers, air traffic controllers, and ultimately aircraft pilots before anything actually happens. DARPA wants to bypass all that with a set of augmented reality holographic goggles that would give troops a direct link to their support aircraft. Funding has gone to consumer video goggle manufacturer Vuzix, along with traditional defense-tech heavyweights Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, to develop a system that would visually allow troops to "request and control near-instantaneous airborne fire support." The concept calls for a set of hologoggles slaved to a head tracking sensor along with a data link that can provide real-time information on what resources are available: "The head tracker knows where the user is looking, so the information the user is seeing changes as he moves or turns his head. Theoretically you could look up in the sky and a little green triangle would appear telling you, you have an F-16 30 miles out at 21,000 feet. It could also tell you what type of ordnance the plane was carrying, so you could make a quick decision if that plane would be appropriate for the mission." The goggles would also be able to provide all kinds of additional information from the aircraft, which DARPA hopes would help to minimize things like friendly-fire accidents. If Vuzix can get these things to work, they'd only be about 3mm thick, and entirely transparent when turned off, which sounds pretty slick to me. Tech like this may be great for the military, but it would be great for consumers as well, so let's hope that's a little extra incentive for Vuzix to make it happen and bring some hologoggles to market for the rest of us at the same time. [/quote] Source: [url]http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/darpas-hologogg.php[/url] Keep being awesome!
I fucking love DARPA. Last awesome thing the UK produced was that plan for a stealth tank :saddowns:
Stay classy, DARPA.
DARPA, never change.
Augmented reality sunglasses? Sign me up.
Silly DARPA, you can't control drones with goggles. [IMG]http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/e/ec/Drone_SC2_Rend2.jpg[/IMG]
Keep it up DARPA. [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] It's funny how people call Apple innovative. Comparing DARPA to Apple is like comparing Skype to Firefox for web browsing.
Soldier A: Foxtrot Zulu to Air Command, deploy a 500-pound JDAM where I'm looking! Soldier B: Hey Mike! My gun's jammed, can you take a look? Soldier A: Sure thing buddy!
Bypassing lawyers and intelligence analysts? That sure sounds like a good way to keep civilians safe.
-snip, i dont know what the fuck was i thinking when i said that, sorry- [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] Also the compulsory Deus Ex "My vision is augmented" quote
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;29147591]It's good to see that the American army money doesn't go only on killing lots of brown people [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] Also the compulsory Deus Ex "My vision is augmented" quote[/QUOTE] :frog:
[QUOTE=TraderRager;29147617]:frog:[/QUOTE] What, I didn't say something really bad, I'm just happy that we will get hologoggles soon
I can see how this will cause friendly fire problems.
It would be awesome too if they could make this commercial, jogging with a timer display and shit like that.
Read it as "DARPA's hobogoggles" at first.
[QUOTE=wingless;29147232]Keep it up DARPA. [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] It's funny how people call Apple innovative. Comparing DARPA to Apple is like comparing Skype to Firefox for web browsing.[/QUOTE] Military hardware and consumer electronics are a bit different don't you think? Pretty cool stuff, bit like the Halo/Children of Men marine glasses.
New pictures are in! [img]http://www.twcenter.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=1286&pictureid=11878[/img]
[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;29148218]New pictures are in! [img_thumb]http://www.twcenter.net/forums/picture.php?albumid=1286&pictureid=11878[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Rating winner because the first guy to make that joke was an asshole.
[QUOTE=nikomo;29147173]Silly DARPA, you can't control drones with goggles. [img_thumb]http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/e/ec/Drone_SC2_Rend2.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I108qr5MOE[/media] :v:
If it acted like Crysis's tactical visor, that would be awesome.
This is one of those classic military innovations that could find extensive use in the commercial market, but only if they get them to work and miniaturize the technology to keep it from being clunky. [QUOTE=Ignhelper;29148048]It would be awesome too if they could make this commercial, jogging with a timer display and shit like that.[/QUOTE] Pretty much something like this, to say nothing of the possible uses in the law enforcement and medical field.
This with AR would be awesome, like a gps showing you where to go by arrows on the ground, etc.
And on the battlefield, These would be more valuable than an individual soldier. Priority Wise. If you let a group of baddies get a hold of that they'd have a significant advantage
...what if the enemy captures these? I say they should build a password-protect or voice recog system in that prompts the user every 10 minutes or so.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;29149093]And on the battlefield, These would be more valuable than an individual soldier. Priority Wise. If you let a group of baddies get a hold of that they'd have a significant advantage[/QUOTE] Obviously they would need to have some sort of remote disable ability. If phones and blackberries can be remotely disabled I am sure something like this could. [QUOTE=Crimor;29148600]This with AR would be awesome, like a gps showing you where to go by arrows on the ground, etc.[/QUOTE] These ARE augmented reality.
Watch them sink billions into the projects at local companies when this has already been done by another company. [IMG]http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/17/brothers-airscouter-floats-a-16-inch-display-onto-your-eye-bisc/[/IMG][IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/09/brother-airscouter-promo-hero-1284711903.jpg[/IMG] They have a working retinal display and it also has inbuilt camera.
But those don't exactly look like normal sunglasses [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] This could make the Land Warrior system once again a bit easier to accomplish
[img_thumb]http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/753/753946/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-advanced-warfighter-2-20070109112818273.jpg[/img_thumb]
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;29152128][img_thumb]http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/753/753946/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-advanced-warfighter-2-20070109112818273.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] It allows you to control yourself from a third person view? That technology, man
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;29152201]It allows you to control yourself from a third person view? That technology, man[/QUOTE] Mirrors. [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] Drone mirrors.
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