Augmented reality for vehicle operations
An augmented reality system, includes a first head-mounted see-through optic and a second head-mounted see-through optic each adapted to present digital content viewable by a user and having a transparency that enables the user to see through to the surrounding environment, wherein the first and second optics are separated by a distance such that a user of the first cannot see a user of the second optic, a training simulation system adapted to present digital content to each of the first and second optics, wherein the digital content represents a vehicle operated by the other user, wherein the digital content is presented to the first optic at a geospatial position proximate the first optic and the training simulation system further adapted to move the geospatial position of the digital content to maintain an apparent position relative to the other vehicle based on the other vehicle's movements.
1. A method of presenting a coordinated training scenario to two or more vehicles in separate airspaces where the two or more vehicles are not within visual range of one another, comprising:
presenting a common virtual airspace to the two or more vehicles, wherein the common virtual airspace includes a computer generated training asset that is viewable by an operator of each vehicle as content overlaying a real airspace surrounding each of the respective vehicles;
identifying a geospatial location for each of the two or more vehicles within the virtual airspace;
positioning the computer generated training asset at a geospatial location within the virtual airspace within a visual range of the two or more vehicles such that the perspective of the computer generated training asset is separately based on the geospatial location for each of the two or more vehicles; and
presenting a first pilot of a first vehicle, of the two or more vehicles, with computer generated content representing a second vehicle, of the two of more vehicles, when the first pilot looks in the direction of the second vehicle's geospatial location;
wherein the presenting of the computer generated content representing the second vehicle is further based, at least in part, on an unobstructed line of sight between the first pilot and the computer content representing the second vehicle;
wherein the apparent relative position between the first vehicle and the computer generated content representing the second vehicle is based, at least in part, on the actual movements of the first vehicle and a second vehicle; and
wherein the computer generated training asset and the computer generated content representing the second vehicle move separately within the virtual environment, the second vehicle representation based on the actual movement of the second vehicle and the training asset based on a computer generated path intended to interact with at least one of the two or more vehicles.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geospatial boundaries of the virtual airspace are set such that each of the two or more vehicles operate within respectively clear airspace.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common virtual airspace represents one of the two or more vehicle's actual airspace.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common virtual airspace represents an airspace in an enemy environment.