4. Head Up Displays And Augmented Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e9XnLz7fSw Systems such as the
Striker II, allow fighter pilots to integrate their instruments directly into their vision. A high-definition head-up display is bounced onto the visor and directly into the pilot's eye, integrating the augmented reality with the pilot's own natural vision. It also gives them full, seamless night vision and enhanced visibility in low-visibility environments, even allowing the pilot to "see through" their own aircraft. Traditional night vision goggles, as well as a lot of other bulking military kit, are completely impractical to a pilot, due to the levels of g-force they experience in flight. The already-heavy gear would render the pilot unable to even raise their head under increasing Gs, which is obviously not the ideal condition in which to fly a jet. Augmented reality and HUDs, not just in the air forces but across the military, would allow military personnel access to a kind of technological sixth sense.