BARS: Battlefield Augmented Reality System

Abstract

Situational awareness needs cannot be met using traditional approaches such as radios, maps and handheld displays and more powerful display paradigms are needed. We are researching mobile augmented reality (AR) through the development of the Battlefield Augmented Reality System (BARS) in collaboration with Columbia University. The system consists of a wearable computer a wireless network system and a tracked see-through Head Mounted Display (HMD). The user's perception of the environment is enhanced by superimposing graphics onto the user's field of view. The graphics are registered (aligned) with the actual environment. For example an augmented view of a building could include a wireframe plan of its interior icons to represent reported locations of snipers and the names of adjacent streets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP010892

Entities

People

  • Dennis Brown
  • Lawrence Rosenblum
  • Marco Lanzagorta
  • Simon J Julier
  • Yohan Baillot

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Augmented Reality
  • Calibration
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Graphics
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Laptop Computers
  • Military Operations
  • Situational Awareness
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transport Protocols
  • Virtual Reality
  • Wearable Computers

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.