WE’VE HAD LEADERS COME TO OUR LAB LAMENTING THE
HIGH COST OF HMDS. WE DECIDED TO DISRUPT IT BY RELEASING
BEST WAY TO INFLUENCE THE INDUSTRY WAS
A NUMBER OF OPEN-SOURCE DESIGNS.
to enable realistic virtual training in a variety of settings.
In 2012, ICT delivered a proof of con- cept for the Army jumpmaster course at Fort Benning, GA. In collaboration with training personnel with the 1st Battal- ion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, ICT’s team designed a tool for mobile devices that allowed trainees to review and rehearse the jumpmaster personnel inspection sequence. Students
can fol-
low a sequence demonstrated by a virtual Soldier, augmenting hands-on classroom instruction received during the inten- sive course. T e system also allows the user to pause and re-watch sequences, zoom in on the equipment, and review nomenclature, common defi ciencies and other information.
Bolas and the MxR Lab are also work- ing with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a project exploring the use of portable headsets and tablets to create immersive interfaces that enable users to feel as if they are surrounded by a large data set; thereby they might fi nd it possible to distill new meaning from those data.
SHARING RESEARCH Rather than attempt to protect his lab’s technologies through patents and licens- ing agreements, Bolas and his team at the
MxR Lab leveraged the open-source phi- losophy of sharing research.
“We are embracing the dissemination of our academic research through the open-source and crowd-sourcing culture,” he said.
“It is widely accepted that government research dollars fuel technological advancement
enabling commercial
THE ”
Coupled with an increased use of open- source development and crowd sourcing, Army research and development eff orts are
capabilities
and paying dividends in the form of new technologies that improve mission readi- ness while cutting costs.
for industry,” said Bolas.
“It is fantastic to see that through open- source designs, industry can make this technology available to the government at a dramatically reduced price point.”
CONCLUSION Twenty years after the promise of fully immersive systems emerged, the capabili- ties have now arrived and are increasing at exponential rates. Improvements to training can be implemented immedi- ately, at signifi cantly lower cost. Portable systems that can allow training anywhere, anytime are now becoming a reality.
Such systems could enable fully immer- sive virtual
training scenarios, lifelike
simulations, and augmented environ- ments and interactions. Future research advances and technology transitions in HMDs open up the potential for whole new ways of interacting with computers, including discovering novel possibilities for their use.
DR. RANDALL W. HILL JR. is executive director of USC ICT, an Army-sponsored university-affi liated
research center
that
conducts basic research and advanced pro- totype development to support innovation in simulation and training. Hill graduated with a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served for six years as a commissioned offi cer in the Army, with assignments in fi eld artillery and military intelligence. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from USC. Hill is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artifi cial Intelligence and serves on the Board on Army Science and Technology of the National Academies.
MS. ORLI BELMAN is the public rela- tions and projects manager at ICT. She has a B.A. in East Asian studies from the Uni- versity of California, Los Angeles and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University.
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