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Just something I thought You'd be intrested in:
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This comes straight from DoD "Small business Innovation Research
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(SBIR) Program , Program soliciation 92.2 , Closing Date 1JULY 1992"
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Journal..
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I'm going to assume that it's a sort of virtual "want list" for the
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military. If anything, the concepts here are VERY intresting...
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These are just excerpts. The book is approx. 200-300 pages long with
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Army, Navy, and DARPA contributing ideas...
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PAGE ARMY 68
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TOPIC A92-098
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TITLE: Application of Virtual Reality to Weapon System Concept
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Evaluation in a Distributed Simulation Environment
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CATEGORY: Exploratory Development
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OBJECTIVE: Develop an innovative approach to analyze and expand the
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applications of virtual reality to weapon system concept
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evaluations in the Battle Field Distributed Simulation environment.
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DESCRIPTION: Currently, weapon system concept evaluations in a
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Battlefield Distributed Simulation environment require physical
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mock-ups of the controls and displays of the crew stations.
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Construction and modification to these mock-ups is both expensive
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and time consuming. Innovative solutions to the man-in-the-loop
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simulator-based weapon system concept evaluation such as creating
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virtual mock-ups of crew station controls and displays, are needed
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to reduce the time and cost of performing such evaluations.
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PHASE I: Develop cost effective man-machine interface
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concepts/designs based upon virtual reality technological principles.
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[Ed: Didn't know there were ANY VR principles]
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PHASE II: Implement the man-machine concept in sufficient
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detail to demonstrate the feasibility of concept.
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PAGE ARMY 74
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TOPIC A92-111 TITLE: Miniature Display Device Technology
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CATEGORY: Exploratory Development
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OBJECTIVE: Identify, develop and demonstrate display techniques
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potentially applicatble to head mounted displays. Goals are for
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high performance display technology capable of providing more than
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1000 lines of image in a very compact, lightweight, low power device.
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DESCRIPTION: NEw concepts of providing visual information directly
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to the individual soldier including thermal images, video, maps,
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drawings, and text messages are limited by the lack of miniature
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displays that are acceptable in terms of performance, reliability,
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size, weight and power consumption. This program should
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concentrate on alternative electro-optic mechanisims for producing
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a miniature virtual image display.
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PHASE I: Phase I should result in an alaysis of one ore
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more approaches to miniature image generating device technology and
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identifying specific techniques with potential application to video
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displays. Simple proof-of-concept demonstrations of these
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techniques is a requirement and may take the form of static
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displays. However, translation of the demonstrated approach must
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rbe reasonably shown to be applicaable to high resolution displays.
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SElection of prototypes will be made and approaches will be
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determined which satisfy objectives that are representatives of
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Army tactial situations.
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PHASE II: Phase II, a prototype display device having at
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least one million pixels will be demonstated. The approach will be
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evaluated for further refinement and development of full color
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capability. The end products should be capable of demonstration
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which video camera and computer inputs. Appproaches should be
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documented towards several Army needs and how the application of
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these techniques will be applied to Army Systems.
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Potential Commercial Market: Identified applications
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include the thermal weapons sight, Soldier's Integrated Protective
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Ensemble (SIPE) , maintenance and logistics applications, and
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telepresence displays for robotices applications.
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Commercial applications would include those areas where display
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technology requirements dictate small, lightweight and portable
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displays such as in inventory control and robotics.
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TOPIC A92-173
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PAGE ARMY 105
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TITLE : Satellite Kill Mechanisms
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CATEGORY: Basic Research
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OBJECTIVE: Innovative concepts, designs and devices for ASAT
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appliaction to negate the functional capabilites of target
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satellites while minimizing the creation of space debris.
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DESCRIPTION: A challenging techincal problem for the Kinetic Energy
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Anti-Satellite Program is to provide a high kill (target negation)
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probability that can be confirmed by the kill vehicle or the Space
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Surveillance Network, and not create unnecessary space debris in
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the process. For this purpose a kinetic energy kill device will be
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activated by the kill vehicle at close range to the target
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satellite. Alternative concepts and designs for kinetic energy kill
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mechanisms, devices to be used in conjunction with a kinetic energy
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kill mechanism in order to enhance kill effectiveness , and devices
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to determine kill effectivemness are being sought. Desirable
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qualities are large kill diameter, rapid fuzing, low size/weight,
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low power requirements, long term storage reliability , and low cost.
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PHASE I: A phase I effort will provide proof of concept by
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means of preliminary design, simulation, and/or laboratory
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experimentation.
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PHASE II: A phase II effort will include detailed design,
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fabrication, and evaluation of a working, but not necessarily
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optimized , breadboard , or brassboard model. Phase II proposals
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will also include an assessment of commercial markets for the
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devices developed during Phase II
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Potentional Commercial Market: A Phase II effort will
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include hardware prototype developed to a state where it can be
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demonstated in an actual or simulated flight environment.
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DARPA 92-176 TITLE: Head and Hand Position Sensors for use with
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head mounted augmented reality systems
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PAGE DARPA 25
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CATEGORY: Exploratory Development
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate, develop and demonstate innovetive
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technology/techniques for head and/or hand positioning sensors that
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could be used in conjunction with head mounted displays in
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augmented reality systems.
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DESCRIPTION: Head mounted display systems require accurate and
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timely position information to coordinate movements of the head and
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ahnd with information displayed to the eye. Current approaches are
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bulky, heavy, and inconvient to use. The frequently require an
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operator to remain in a stationary position and therefore limit
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mobility. Siginificant improvments are needed in sensor position
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accuracy, update rates, weight, size and cost.
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PHASE I: Review applicable technologies and specify an
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effective development path for a prototype sensor which addresses
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the above reuquirements.
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PHASE II: build and test a prototype sensor(s).
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DARPA 92-177 TITLE: Eye Tracker Technology for Use with Head
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Mounted Displays
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CATEGORY: Exploratory Development
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate, develop, and demonstate , innovate
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technology/techinques for using eye trackers to remotely access
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computer databases.
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DESCRIPTION: Field operatives of all kinds frequenctly need to
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review, consult, or search larege bodies of data (manuals, record,
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files) while conducting their missions. Efficient data access
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requires a method of computer interfacing which is rugged enoughn
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to be used in the field, is relatively unaffected by head an mody
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movement, is pleasant and comfortable to use, and uses the eye as
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an input device for a head mounted display.
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PHASE I: REview applicable technologies and specify an
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effective development path for a prototype system meeting these
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requirements. Show the feasibility of this approach.
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PHASE II: Build and test a prototype system.
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Seems like Uncle Sam's going to be hitting some VR, huh? :)
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-- Cybernetik
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