By Jerry Burns


Currently, many aspects of technology have begun to adopt the concept of AR or augmented reality. If virtual reality stimulates the senses by placing the person in an entirely different environment, augmented reality stimulates the senses by providing an interactive experience where digital images and objects are projected with the real life setting in the background. It does not entirely change the perception of reality but only builds around it. Augmented reality military, medicine, video games, television, marketing, and social media are just some of the varied applications of AR.

The common applications of AR that many people are familiar with are photo filters. If a person looks into a camera using a social media application, animations like dog ears, hearts, or shades appear on the screen as if they were actually worn by the person in real life. Other than photo filters, there also several practical applications of AR that help enhance training exercises, marketing and promotion, and even medical procedures.

One example of a helpful function of AR is in making authentic simulations of war zones for soldiers currently training before being deployed. As a form of preparation, soldiers must first pass intense training exercises. These involve exhausting physical activity, target practice, team competitions, and grueling endurance tests.

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 first augmented reality system called heads up display or HUD may already be tested by the U. S. Army in the year 2019. The HUD is a helmet mounted system that can project technical information onto the field of view. In stressful situations, soldiers can figure their exact location, as well as, the enemy and their fellow 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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