Augmented reality technology helps soldiers navigate through danger
Bigham said that “mixed reality” technology, similar to what drives Pokémon GO, allows military forces to traverse dangerous terrain and unfamiliar territory like it was their own backyard. A GPS-enabled app that combines latitude and longitude coordinates with points of interest could help soldiers find food, water, gas, ammunition, Wi-Fi hotspots and even potential IED locations. Using a variety of geographical databases would help highlight everything from the highest rated places to eat and sleep to the hideouts of bad guys.
“Using facial recognition technology, you could point your phone’s camera at a crowd, tap into a biometric database and then a little bubble could pop up alerting the user if the person standing next to them is on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list,” Bigham said.
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