Chatten Associates reports a new application for eMagin’s Z800 3DVisor. The Pennsylvania-based hardware developer has turned the popular gaming device into a controller for remotely driven vehicles.
We simply modified the 3DVisor to fit on a soldier's night vision helmet mount, noted John Chatten, CEO and president, Chatten Associates. Soldiers responsible for disposing of explosive ordnance use it as part of a head-aimed vision system to look for road-side bombs. Wherever the soldier looks, the sensor gimbal-mounted on the vehicle looks (courtesy of the Z800's motion detectors). For soldiers wearing the system, it's like being out there, except they don't get hurt if the bomb goes off."
Chatten Associates believes its head-aimed remote viewer (HARV) brings unmatched tele-operations effectiveness to every remotely operated vehicle. By providing a compelling level of telepresence, HARV creates a several-fold increase in situational awareness and decision speed. Its head-aimed vision process harnesses the natural visual processing capability of the human mind at an unconscious level. The result is a 3-4x increase in mission effectiveness and tele-robotic productivity.
