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Synthetic Vision

Posted by michael on from the wireframe-world dept.

oniony writes "Ars Technica has a link to a story on new goggles being developed for/by the military. The new device uses satellite imaging and land profiling to build a 3D representation of the world in a soldier's goggles in real-time. This would enable troops to see through sand storms and oil smoke of the kind currently hampering operations in the Gulf. I imagine one could also remove mountains to allow remote viewing of approaching territory."

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  1. Remove mountains? Good start. The real question: by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remove clothes?

  2. When SomethingAwful is right... by LordYUK · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the world is in for it..

    from the wireframe-world dept:

    (taken from a January 2002 SA.com article entitled, How you Know You're in the Future or something...)

    Wireframe models. Everything in the future is represented by wireframe models on computers. Everything. If you're looking for a particular person, their face will appear as a wireframe model accompanied by 500-point flashing text displaying their name. If you're looking for a file, it will appear as a wireframe model of a folder. If you're looking for a wireframe model, it will appear as a wireframe model composed of really tiny wireframe models that make up each wire.

    --
    This is my sig. Its pathetic.
  3. I imagine. . . by endeitzslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    I imagine one could also remove mountains to allow remote viewing of approaching territory.


    I imagine nerds removing walls to allow remote viewing of the girls locker-room.

  4. That's cheating by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    I imagine one could also remove mountains to allow remote viewing of approaching territory.

    How is this different from adding a cheat mod to your FPS client? Transparent textures is one of the oldest tricks in the book. I think that the Geneva conventions need to be updated to prohibit this kind of thing. It just encourages campers.

    1. Re:That's cheating by Swift(void) · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wait till they introduce autoaim to the american military, then we can save a bundle on military funding by sending CS/Q3/UT cheaters to fight for us =D

    2. Re:That's cheating by nullgel · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is the host here!?! Please kick GI14932!

    3. Re:That's cheating by cmdr_beeftaco · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't forget the Patriot Missile System that is an automated version of Mel Gibson striking down British forces. Teams of researchers developed neural net models for this missile system, training it with images of its wife being raped and its offspring being slaughtered. At the conclusion of the training, the missile system was a brutal warrior with an extreme hatred of those dirty Brits.

  5. Re:Heinlein? by mlush · · Score: 3, Funny
    the armor also acted as a medic and would slice off a limb and cauterize it if needed. cool.

    I think you may be thinking of Joe Haldeman The Forever War, similar tech rather different tone :-)