4/12/11 8:00 AM
Night Optics USA, Inc is always looking to the future. We’re captivated by the speed at which technology advances. There have been great improvements and innovations in the Night Vision and thermal industries for decades now but Imagine a day when there is no head/helmet mount or a bulky device to use to see better in low light conditions. The article below isn’t necessarily about night vision, however it is about taking display technology and implanting it into the lenses of glasses or goggles. The question is, since we’re able to cram so much powerful tech into such a small device, could we see something like this with Night Vision technology?
By Jesse Hicks (Engadget)posted Apr 12th 2011 11:39PM
“The US military seems to adore the idea of wearable displays, hence its continued efforts to make them a reality. We know it seems like just yesterday that DARPA tapped Lockheed Martin to build low-power, lightweight augmented-reality eyewear, and it was actually four full years ago when the wild and wonderous dream was to craft HMDs as small and light as “high-fashion sunglasses.” Well, that dream lives on, this time with holograms: the lenscrafters at Vuzix just received a cool million to develop goggles that holographically overlay battlefield data on the wearer’s vision. It all sounds very Dead Space (or, you know, like a Top Secret version of Recon-Zeal’s Transcend goggles), promising realtime analysis of anything within sight. The company believes the finished product will be no more than 3mm thick and completely transparent when turned off. If all goes well, expect this to trickle down to consumers in short order; soon you’ll have full “situational awareness” — including relationship status — of that mysterious stranger you’ve been eyeballing from across the room.”
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