What They Say
The US army said that it is working on including AR and sensors into its vehicle platforms to provide situational awareness using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The goggle-based IVAS display integrates digital low-light, thermal night vision, and high-resolution waveguide technology to create a mixed reality interface for dismounted soldiers. A test was performed with a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in September 2020.
“The IVAS augmented reality system integrates communications, thermals, and night vision to enhance our situational awareness and lethality from within the Bradley,” Pfc. Benjamin Franke said. “It allows everyone to see what the driver, commander, and gunner are seeing outside, which gets more eyes-on and increases situational awareness immediately for when we dismount.”
“When a Soldier walks into a Bradley wearing IVAS, they can do three main things: SEE, World View, and power up,” he said. “We put in interfaces to power and charge their batteries, for SEE we cloned the feeds from the three existing sensors – front DVE [Drivers Vision Enhancer], driver’s CIV [Commander’s Independent Viewer], and gunner’s IBAS [Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem]”
A new UBC [universal battery charger] integrated on the platform reduces the need for soldiers to carry extra CWBs [conformal wearable batteries].
What We Think
IVAS is the system that the US Army is developing with Microsoft. (BR)
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