US Navy Explores AR Technology to Train Combat Troops
The technology provides security personnel with dynamic, engaging, and less predictable training scenarios at a lower cost.
Augmented Reality (AR) is growing by leaps and bounds today. This technology has proved to be useful in several industries, and now, the US Navy has decided to reap its benefits. AR has taken a new turn, and the US Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) is using a TRACER package that consists of a backpack, a VR headset as well as a simulated weapon that has been designed to ensure realistic recoil.
The Project Lead of TRACER, Dr. Patrick Mead, shares on this new development, saying,
“Our training system is built mostly from commercial-off-the-shelf products, so we are using widely available gaming gear. All of these technologies combine to give us extremely accurate weapon and movement tracking capabilities as well as highly immersive simulation visual, auditory, and haptic (relating to the sense of touch) feedback. Ultimately, TRACER provides Sailors with dynamic, engaging, and less predictable training scenarios that would otherwise be too costly or time-consuming to create in the real world.”
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This is an incredible technology that can help security personnel to combat and remain active while at sea. There is no doubt that efficiency is paramount for this job. Therefore, this technology of TRACER that stands for Tactically Reconfigurable Artificial Combat Enhanced Reality is a step in the right direction as it offers a training system to Sailors to maximize their efficiency and conduct training anytime and anywhere.
This training system has been built from commercial off-the-shelf products. This technology has been integrated with other cutting-edge technologies to provide accurate movement tracking capabilities in addition to an immersive simulation auditory, haptic, and visual feedback.
This technology is very advantageous as it can easily adapt to a wide range of scenarios, opposition forces, and geographic locations. In addition to that, it can bring a significant amount of value to the training schedules of Sailors as it helps them create multiple simulation scenarios to train in high-pressure situations.
This technology is very promising as it can also be incorporated in several other fields of operation to maximize efficiency and productivity.
