Beyond Visual Augmented Reality

There is more than meets the eye. At least, without help. Perceiving beyond the visual spectrum can give soldiers the edge, in cases where items of interest are camouflaged or do not even exist in the visual spectrum such as the hot engine of a recently used car or the radio signals of a suspicious device. With the advent of Augmented Reality (AR) headsets and the ever-increasing rate of miniaturization of computers and sensors, new possibilities arise for the connected soldier. AR has come a long way since the premature attempt that was the Google Glass project. Nowadays the more sophisticated, powerful and user-friendly AR devices are used for a number of tasks in select industries, from increasing the efficiency of the assembly lines at Boeing factories to making the inspection of construction sites more reliable with Trimble. Miniaturization allows the plethora of smart IoT devices to cover more and more aspects of our life, from smart home appliances to large wireless mesh networks of intelligent security cameras.

The project BeyVAR - DAP/22-01 is financed under the DFR call.