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An Unfamiliar Company Offering a Familiar Type of Product

by Arthur Berman

Although this article does report on the development of a new smartglasses product, it is more about the company that designed, manufactures and sells the product. The principle reason that Kifta Technologies caught my …

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Turkey Goes for Military AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Two Turkish firms, Aselsan Bites and Aselsan Sivas, have signed deals with the country’s defence authorities to develop a “smart augmented reality glasses prototype” for the needs of the security forces …

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US Army Delays Hololens Adoption

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that the US Army said that it was deferring the date for the start of its use of the Microsoft Hololens headsets to September 2022, but remains committed to …

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A Really Holographic Display for Marine Defence

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kongsberg Geospatial announced today that it has partnered with Avalon Holographics to develop a holographic sonar display for submarine warfare in a project funded by Canadian Defence authorities. The system will …

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AR & the Military

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist ($) had an article about the way that AR is being used by the military, especially the US Army which has a big project that it calls IVAS (Integrated …

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Magic Leap CEO Interviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peggy Johnson, the CEO of Magic Leap since last summer, told Protocol that the Magic Leap 2 will have twice the field of view as the Magic Leap One, but will …

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Links Week Ending 30th April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The ambiguity of 4K, UHD and Ultra …

Microsoft’s Big Hololens Army Deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft said that it was moving its Hololens-based headset project with the US army to a production phase. CNBC reported that the firm has a contract for 120,000 devices over ten …

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EIZO Expands Its Line of COTS Rugged Monitors with Three Customizable Models that Comply with MIL Standards

by Artem Alekseenko

EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has released three rugged LCD monitors to join its current lineup – Talon RGD3202W (32-inch), RGD2802 (28-inch), and RGD2102W (21.5-inch). The Talon …

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Baanto Announces Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) Compliant Solution for ShadowSense Touchscreens Used in Military, Emergency Services and Ruggedised Systems

by Artem Alekseenko

Baanto International is pleased to announce that it is now supporting custom ShadowSense touchscreen hardware designs for the military, emergency services and ruggedised market that are compliant with MIL-STD-3009 NVIS and “Black” NVIS. Night …

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AR dog goggles could help protect Soldiers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US army has a research programme to make AR glasses for dogs so that they can get commands while their handlers remain hidden. At the moment, the handlers use hand …

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Virtual See-Through Tanks from Hensoldt

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Hensoldt Optronics, a German manufacturer of high-performance sensors has introduced the See Through Armor System (SETAS) for armored military vehicles. SETAS has dual sensors – a thermal imager and a full color sensor. These …

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