Thursday, June 26, 2014

The U.S. Military Is About To Get New Glasses


The Military Is About to Get New Spy Glasses -- Defense One

Getting secret information to specific people, like the location of the nearest nuclear power plant, in a way that doesn’t draw attention from outside is a classic spy problem. Another one is giving agents the ability to match names to faces in the real world, at blackjack tables and fancy soirees and other places spies frequent. The Defense Department is buying some new spy specs to give spooks in the field an intelligence edge over everybody else.

The glasses, called simply the X6, are from San Francisco-based Osterhout Design Group. They look like the lovechild of Google Glass and the Oculus Rift, providing more information to the wearer than the small window on Google’s much-maligned headset but not obstructing vision like the Oculus Rift. (Admittedly, for spy glasses, they lack a certain subtlety.)

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Update: These Augmented Reality Specs Can Turn a Regular Joe into James Bond -- Gizmodo

My Comment: This is a platform that can be used for intel, video recording, communications, protection, retrieving information, mapping, etc. .... the applications and possibilities for this technology is endless.

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