Finnish startup distance technologies were created last year from Stealth with a technology that she claims that she can transform any transparent surface into a mixed reality display (MR). Now it has teamed up with Patria to beat the technology in the armored vehicles of the defense company.
The partners will jointly develop a head-up display for Patria's six-wheel drive Panzer staff carrier. The system points 3D-tactical data, terrain mapping and AI-controlled military knowledge directly onto the windshield. Military personnel enables to see in environments with low visibility such as darkness and smoke.
MR technology promises to remove the need for additional screens or chunky headsets. The display also remains hidden and prevents slight leaks that could show vehicle positions, said distance.
Urho Kontori, the CEO and co-founder of the startup, claims that the drivers will give the drivers “super-sensing skills”.
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“Creating XR heads-up displays that visualize mission-critical information on the windshield offers unprecedented speed, trust and decision-making on the battlefields of the future,” said Kontori, the former CTO of Varjo, another XR startup from Helsinki.
In contrast to standard heads-up displays in cars that project static or predetermined information onto the windshield, District's technology pursues the eye movements of the user and then shows the right field of light that matches where you are looking for.
The “brain” behind the system is a so -called context -related AI, A kind of artificial intelligence that understands and reacts because of its situation.
The distance can add its light field look via most LCDs. When users look through the screen, you can see a The computer-generated 3D light field mixed into the real world. That means Practically every transparent surface can turn into an MR window the windshield of a car, an F-18 fighter plane or a 6 × 6 tank vehicle.
An early prototype of the MR windshield. Distant said that Patria's final version would be of considerable quality. Credit: distance technology Oy and Patria
distance Allegations that the system can be able to “infinite” pixel depth, which means that it should cannot be distinguished from natural views. Kontori was undoubtedly inspired by his work at Varjo, which revealed the first in the world in 2023 Retina resolution XR headset.
The MR model for distance
The office left the shadow at the beginning of last year. “I am increasingly feeling that it is time for me to continue,” he said at the time in a LinkedIn post. “I leave Varjo and start something new. Nothing something that Varjo does … but pretty stunning.”
Distance is the new company. In fact, the company pursues a completely different approach than his former employer While Varjo headsets with lenses develop, distance offers the markety, aerospace and defense markets a glass-free XR technology.
In July last year, the startup was created with a prepared investment of $ 2.7 million from Stealth. Three months later it brought $ 11.1 million in a round listed by Google Ventures. Now the company wants to test its technology in the real world.
The cooperation between distance with Patria is part of the state-funded Ealliance program of the defense company, with which Finnish civil and defense technology companies are to be supported.
The partnership takes place when Europe increases defense expenditure in the middle of cooling conditions to the United States. Only yesterday, Germany tuned create a massive creation 500 billion € (€ 545 billion) for defense and infrastructure.
