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How about tactical coordination and mapping for teams (i.e. paintball / special operations)? I'm picturing the HUD 'map' from every FPS game, except it is base

How about tactical coordination and mapping for teams (i.e. paintball / special operations)? I'm picturing the HUD 'map' from every FPS game, except it is based on the current view and relative locations of the team's devices.

cwe 13y ago
This will eventually (hopefully?) get integrated into Glass, and provide that kind of HUD some have been waiting for.
JshWright 13y ago
How about a HUD that projects a map onto a firefighter's SCBA facepice? That would be absolutely incredible... Firefighters die every year because they get disoriented and lost in zero-visibility conditions. Even if it didn't have a pre-generated map of the structure loaded... it could build a map as it went, and at least be able to provide a 'retrace my steps' view.
- Crito 13y ago
  I wonder at what point ITAR kicks in for that sort of firefighter equipment. I know traditional night-vision is covered, and I can certainly see "smoke-vision" having straightforward military applications.
  - JshWright 13y ago
    This is an issue with current firefighting technology. Thermal imaging cameras are quite common in the fire service. Most manufacturers limit the frame rate of the camera to 9fps or less, as this falls beneath the 'fast camera' spec for ITAR.
- lotyrin 13y ago
  This just adds a depth camera to the phone and uses it and the visible light camera to map the space and orient the device. If a human is disoriented in a no-visibility situation due to smoke, the cameras will not likely be able to orient them either, except maybe something like a power outage, where visible light is unavailable but the depth camera can still function.
  - mattlutze 13y ago
    In the case that a new image couldn't be mapped, the phone could still use its gyros to determine orientation and provide a route out along the mapping that it had made during ingress. A first-person-shooter-style "this way to the next waypoint" arrow, or something like that, could provide directional cues in low/no visibility situations. It could also be networked with other devices, such that all of the routes mapped could be composited and help in the identification of alternative routes should one become blocked.
  - JshWright 13y ago
    Why does it need to be a visible light camera? Why not infrared?
    - lotyrin 13y ago
      Depth camera isn't visible light, but will likely also be blocked by smoke.

cwe 13y ago

This will eventually (hopefully?) get integrated into Glass, and provide that kind of HUD some have been waiting for.

JshWright 13y ago

How about a HUD that projects a map onto a firefighter's SCBA facepice? That would be absolutely incredible... Firefighters die every year because they get disoriented and lost in zero-visibility conditions. Even if it didn't have a pre-generated map of the structure loaded... it could build a map as it went, and at least be able to provide a 'retrace my steps' view.

Crito 13y ago
I wonder at what point ITAR kicks in for that sort of firefighter equipment. I know traditional night-vision is covered, and I can certainly see "smoke-vision" having straightforward military applications.
- JshWright 13y ago
  This is an issue with current firefighting technology. Thermal imaging cameras are quite common in the fire service. Most manufacturers limit the frame rate of the camera to 9fps or less, as this falls beneath the 'fast camera' spec for ITAR.
lotyrin 13y ago
This just adds a depth camera to the phone and uses it and the visible light camera to map the space and orient the device. If a human is disoriented in a no-visibility situation due to smoke, the cameras will not likely be able to orient them either, except maybe something like a power outage, where visible light is unavailable but the depth camera can still function.
- mattlutze 13y ago
  In the case that a new image couldn't be mapped, the phone could still use its gyros to determine orientation and provide a route out along the mapping that it had made during ingress. A first-person-shooter-style "this way to the next waypoint" arrow, or something like that, could provide directional cues in low/no visibility situations. It could also be networked with other devices, such that all of the routes mapped could be composited and help in the identification of alternative routes should one become blocked.
- JshWright 13y ago
  Why does it need to be a visible light camera? Why not infrared?
  - lotyrin 13y ago
    Depth camera isn't visible light, but will likely also be blocked by smoke.