Having won a $21.88bn contract with the US government, many of the problems surfaced that couch-surfers experienced, including nausea and eyestrain
Owning the night: Consumer applications for augmented reality, such as gaming and the metaverse, aren’t making money, but military contracts are highly lucrative. Picture: 123RF
But these devices were expensive, heavy and not very good. The environments may have been virtual, but the headaches and nausea were real. Fewer than 10-million headsets were sold in 2022, according to researcher IDC Corp, vs 1.2-billion handsets. Microsoft is also trying to break into this business, but instead of chasing consumers, it’s trying to land corporate customers who would use its HoloLens system in professional settings such as medical education and engineering. This focus mimics the software giant’s own turnaround a decade ago from selling operating systems for computers to cloud computing and data storage for enterprises.
While VR cuts a person off from the real world, making them entirely reliant on computer-generated sights and sounds, AR systems interact with the surroundings. The eyes and ears can sense what’s going on, while also being augmented with a simulated environment. For the military, locking a soldier’s eyes behind a screen is too risky; if there’s a power failure or technical glitch, they could be left blind.
AR could offer military units the sort of upper hand that night vision did in the past. In addition to improved optics in low light, AR systems are expected to allow troops to recognise and track friendly forces, pick out enemies, map the surrounding terrain and even interact with unmanned vehicles. A soldier could watch through the eyes of a drone to get a bird’s-eye view, or see around corners.
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