Army experts believe these mixed-reality 'doggles' can make special operations dogs better in battle

SEATTLE – Thinking about new ways to talk to his dog, A.J. Peper, the founder of Command Sight Inc. in Seattle, came up with a new way for special operations forces to communicate with military working dogs on the battlefield. Military.com reports. Continue reading original article

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13 Oct. 2020 -- It's augmented reality for canines, and it works. Over the past few years, the Army has been developing a mixed-reality heads-up display for its soldiers based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology.

Considering the potential applications of augmented reality headsets, Peper, who started a small technology company striving to bridge communication gaps between humans and canines, took a very different approach. "Why not put a HoloLens on a dog?" he thought.

Taking a regular pair of Rex Specs goggles, already used for canine eye protection by the military, Peper added an optoelectronic component, creating a heads-up display where visual cues can be placed in a digital overlay of the real world to direct and guide the animals.

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