Augmented reality for vehicle operations

1. An augmented reality system, comprising:

a head-mounted see-through optic adapted to present digital content viewable by a user situated in an aircraft and having a transparency that allows the user to see though to the surrounding environment;

a display system adapted to receive and display on a display forming a part of the aircraft one or more tracked objects in a surrounding environment;

a training simulation system adapted to present a virtual training object on the display; and

a virtual content presentation system adapted to present digital content in the head-mounted see-through optic when a distance between the head-mounted see-through optic and the virtual training object indicates the virtual training object is in visual range.

2. A method comprising:

presenting digital content viewable by a user situated in an aircraft in a head-mounted see-through optic that enables the user to see through to the surrounding environment;

receiving and displaying on a display forming a part of the aircraft one or more tracked objects in a surrounding environment;

presenting a virtual training object on the display; and

presenting the digital content indicative of the virtual training object in the head-mounted see-through optic when a distance between the head-mounted see-through optic and the virtual training object indicates the virtual training object is in visual range of the user.

3. A method of tracking coordinating visual information and non-visual information relating to a virtual object in a training simulation, comprising:

providing a non-visual object tracking system in a vehicle, wherein the non-visual object tracking system adapted to display one or more tracked objects on a display, wherein the display forms a part of the non-visual object tracking system;

providing an augmented reality see-through helmet mounted computer display adapted to present virtual content representing a virtual object to an operator of the vehicle;

generating, with a computer simulation system, a geospatial location and path of movement of the virtual object at a geospatial location outside of a visual range of the operator;

presenting the geospatial location and path of movement of the virtual object on the display while the virtual object maintains a distance from the vehicle that is outside of the visual range of the operator; and

presenting a representation of the virtual object in the augmented reality see-through helmet mounted computer display when the location of the virtual object enters the visual range of the operator, wherein the representation is presented at a position within a field of view of the augmented reality see-through helmet mounted computer display that is consistent with the position of the virtual object as presented on the display of the non-visual object tracking system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the non-visual tracking system is a radar tracking system.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the virtual object is an enemy asset.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the step of presenting the virtual object on the display of the non-visual object tracking system is part of a simulated training exercise wherein the computer simulation system generates the virtual object and determines a virtual objects path of movement.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising coordination of a substantially simultaneous presentation of the representation of the virtual object and the representation of the virtual object on the display of the non-visual object tracking system.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of coordination involves alignment of the geospatial location and direction of movement consistent in the augmented reality see-through helmet mounted computer display and the display of the non-visual object tracking system.