Friday, 3 August 2018

Functions Of Augmented Reality Military

By Jerry Burns


At present, many industries involved in technology have begun to develop the concept of augmented reality or AR. Unlike virtual reality that plays with the senses by putting users in an entirely new environment, augmented reality provides an interactive experience by projecting images or objects with the actual real life setting still in the background. It does not shift your perception of reality but builds around it instead. Augmented reality military, television, marketing, social media, video games, and medicine are some of the many applications of AR.

A familiar application of AR recognized by many people is the photo filter. When someone takes a photo using different social media applications, wearable animations like glasses and bunny ears pop up as if he or she actually wore them before taking the photo. Applications of AR are not only limited to photo filters. They also enhance marketing, promotion, medical procedures, and training exercises.

One of the most helpful functions of AR is providing real life simulations of war for soldiers and military personnel during their training exercises. Before soldiers can be deployed, they first have to go through rigorous training. This training involves lots of physical exercises, endurance tests, aiming at targets, and team competitions.

Clearly, none of these exercises can prepare them for an actual battle. They can be told a million stories about how bullets ricochet in the air or the deafening sound of bombs exploding in the distance, but nothing can ever prepare them for the things they will have to face when they are actually on the field. Augmented reality can provide them with simulations that are closest to the actual experience.

For several years, the military has always attempted to develop workable augmented reality interfaces. AR used to provide map overlays of satellite displays to fighter pilots during its first applications for training purposes. Today, wearable equipment that can relay vital information involving movements of friendlies and enemy forces, as well as, location parameters are being developed.

Information about enemy troops can be relayed to soldiers without obscuring their vision so they can still maintain awareness of their physical surroundings. Military vehicles may even be equipped with AR in the future. Soldiers inside tanks can maneuver around sensitive locations and arm themselves without ever lifting the top and making themselves vulnerable to gunfire. Moreover, bombs near the area can be detected while the vehicle is still several meters away.

The HUD serves as the first ever augmented reality system available for testing in 2019 by the U. S. Army. The HUD features a system mounted onto a helmet that projects technical information onto the perspective of the soldier. Even under stressful situations, soldiers can determine their exact location and even the rest of the unit, as well as, enemy troops.

This will allow them to strategically plan combat or defense tactics with the rest of the unit and carry them out swiftly. The information relayed can be extremely vital during operations taken out at night. Problems like bombarding the soldier with too much data or how to make the display tough enough to withstand field use are still being addressed.

Additional funding for further projects is being pumped out to develop the applications of AR in the military or anywhere else. People often choose to focus on the negative points of technology but fail to appreciate all that it has done for the various sectors of several industries. The truth is, people living in this generation are so lucky to look ahead into a future aided by advanced technology.




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