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Military Applications of Augmented Reality

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This chapter reviews military benefits and requirements that have led to a series of research efforts in augmented reality (AR) and related systems for the military over the past few decades, beginning with the earliest specific application of AR. While by no means a complete list, we note some themes from the various projects and discuss ongoing research at the Naval Research Laboratory. Two of the most important thrusts within these applications are the user interface and human factors. We summarize our research and place it in the context of the field.

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Acknowledgements

A complex system such as BARS cannot be constructed by even a modest-sized team such as the author list of this text. Numerous employees, interns, and university collaborators have been an integral part of the research over the past decade: Marco Lanzagorta, Doug Maxwell, Steven Feiner, Blaine Bell, Deborah Hix, Joseph L. Gabbard, Tobias Höllerer, Blair MacIntyre, Enylton Coelho, Ulrich Neumann, Suya You, Reinhold Behringer, Catherine Zanbaka, Aaron Kotranza, Robert Dickerson, Jane Barrow, Evan Suma, Brent Daugherty, Dennis Lin, Bryan Hurley, Elliot Cooper-Balis, Adam Lederer, Jason Jerald, Erik Tomlin, Eric Burns, Donald Charity, Joshua Eliason, Jesus Arango, and Scott Frees. In addition, the authors would like to thank Henry Fuchs, Pete Muller, Steven Feiner, and Randy Mayberry for assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.

Current affiliations for the authors no longer affiliated with the Naval Research Laboratory are: Lawrence J. Rosenblum, National Science Foundation; Simon J. Julier, University College London; Dennis G. Brown, USAF Materiel Command, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center; Gregory S. Schmidt, SPADAC, Inc.; Yohan Baillot, Simulation3D, LLC; J. Edward Swan II, Mississippi State University; Paul Maassel, Reallaer, LLC. Interested readers may contact Mark A. Livingston for further information.

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Livingston, M.A. et al. (2011). Military Applications of Augmented Reality. In: Furht, B. (eds) Handbook of Augmented Reality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0064-6_31

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