Defense failures pushed the Pentagon toward modular optics. Vuzix engineer Adam Bull explains how waveguides, new materials, and better requirements are changing the field.

Soldiers from the Old Guard test the second iteration of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) capability set during an exercise at Fort Belvoir, VA in Fall 2019. (Army) The Army on Monday ...

For now, the Army still plans to get its futuristic heads up display into soldiers’ hands by late fiscal year 2021 — but that’s not to say there won’t be adjustments to other pieces of the timeline, ...

The Army hasn’t gotten enough feedback from soldiers to know if their latest and greatest futuristic headset is even something they want, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report released ...

Soldiers from the Old Guard test the second iteration of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) capability set during an exercise at Fort Belvoir, VA in Fall 2019. (Army) The Army has ...

A soldier dons the Integrated Visual Augmentation System Capability Set 3 hardware while mounted on a Bradley in Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — Slashes made to U.S. Army ...

While Congress cut funding for IVAS, one of the most innovative programs in Army history, they would be wise to look at how and where this revolutionary program succeeded in spite of inefficiencies ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Soldiers at Fort Pickett, Va. are testing a Microsoft-designed prototype goggle, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), that offers the capabilities they need to regain ...

A soldier tests the Capability Set 3 militarized form factor prototype of the Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System during a live-fire test event at Fort Pickett, Virginia, in October 2020.

In augmented reality, computer-generated or real-world sensory input is placed on top of a soldier’s view of the real-world environment. (Army) FORT PICKETT, Virginia – Soldiers, Marines and special ...

Imagine this land-war scenario: An enemy fighter is several hundred yards away, another is attacking from one mile while yet third fires from a nearby room in a close-quarters urban warfare ...