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An introduction to the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office mission and operating concept. This includes an overview of our infrastructure architecture to support rapid development and fielding of AR/VR capabilities and the guiding values that defines winning technology. Our projects to date have identified targets for AR/VR hardware growth which we would like to collaborate on to overcome.

TEAR 3M 2021

AR/VR for Air Force Sustainment

ar/vr

air force

sustainment

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Welcome to the **largest national, multi-specialty research event** featuring research from nearly 1,000 medical students, residents, fellows, and international medical graduates across six topic areas - basic science, clinical and translational research, clinical vignettes, health systems science, medical education, and public health and health policy.

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Brought to you by **National Defense Industrial Association ([NDIA](https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndia-sd.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHj_BQx1K4KVKKp1NTIsAltZOG9Vg))** and hosted by the **Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality ([BEMR](https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/video/2101/DOD_108139354/DOD_108139354-1024x576-1769k.mp4)) Lab**, at **Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific ([NIWC PAC](https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.public.navy.mil%2Fnavwar%2FNIWC-Pacific%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFNS160IEsocfaBrnCNB3u7NqLHPw))**, and welcoming academia, government/DOD, and industry leaders who support Industrial Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality by using the following technologies:   


* Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR)

* 2D/3D displays

* mobile displays

* wearables

* any other "immersive" technology

### In all fields that touch:

* 3D modeling

* Manufacturing 

* Installations 

* Maintenance and Repairs

* Construction

* Logistics

* Additive manufacturing

* Training

The technical exchange is a two day event held online this year due to COVID-19. It will feature two days of oral presentations, demonstrations, and posters from leaders in AR/VR and other display technologies, including government briefings on active projects within the DOD. The technical exchange is unclassified and we welcome participation from the Navy, DoD as well as from industry and academia. 

The goals of TEAR 3M are:

*  To spread awareness of current immersive technology research relevant to Navy/DOD applications

*  To connect AR researchers with experts in DOD to learn about needs and requirements

*  To build and strengthen collaborations within the DOD research community

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TEAR 3M General Chairs:

Heidi Buck,  Director @ BEMR Lab, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific

Lauren Burnette, BEMR Lab, Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific


For more information, contact Lauren and Heidi at:  tear3m@spawar.navy.mil

Questions regarding sponsorship/registration contact:  ndiasd@sandiegositepros.com

Conference host POC is Tammy Sanchez (NDIA):  tamsanch@cisco.com

An overview of VRgluv ENTERPRISE the world's best force feedback gloves for VR Training. We will provide an overview of why force feedback gloves are critical for VR Training as well as a look at some of the applications for this technology already being worked on with in the Department of Defense.

Haptic Force Feedback Gloves for VR Training and Simulation

Artec poses a great generalist solution for AR and VR applications as well as engineering and bespoke design. Their versatility and ability to scan any size of object makes for a compelling, easy to use scanning ecosystem for digitizing objects of all types.

Artec 3D - A Complete 3D Scanning Ecosystem for all Sizes

State of the art technology, practical effects and magic combine to make the impossible seem real through "hyper reality". What is hyper reality? For decades Curtis has used illusion design to amaze audiences, but when you combine magic with VR... that’s when things get really interesting.

The Illusion of Reality: The Craft of Designing “Hyper Real” Experiences

ARCortex will present their long AR journey and early AR prototyping a decades ago with the military and first responders on large scale AR experiments, and how such concepts can now be achieved much more quickly and at lower cost to help our force train anywhere and operate more effectively

AR Command and Control - ERIS

The presentation summarizes the results from an exploratory multi-year investigation of two-person team performance on a shared mission planning scenario when using HoloLens devices compared to a more traditional 2D tabletop display. The augmented reality visualization technology used to create the shared scene is described, as well as, the study setup and mission planning scenario implementation. An overview of end-user team results focused on perceived teaming efficacy and performance, and self-reported mental demand and frustration related to device use is discussed.

Observations from a collaborative AR mission planning study

Please join Elysium Inc. as we share the steps taken during the Laser Scan to CAD Analysis NSRP project to improve our solution, InfiPoints, to meet the requirements of the industry. InfiPoints offers an inclusive solution which supports multiple CAD and point cloud formats, pre-processing, simulation, and modeling within one software. Through the efforts of the project, InfiPoints now offers enhanced validation capabilities and new functionality to extract the label plates of scanned equipment. By combining these enhancements, users can efficiently identify differences between the model and the environment, as well as validate if the equipment in the environment matches the equipment designated in the digital twin by providing users with text information of scanned label plates.

NSRP Project: Laser Scan to CAD Analysis

Headwall is a patent pending technology that utilizes standard AV infrastructure to virtualize the command center video wall. The presentation will explore

Headwall: Augmented Reality Video Wall for Command Centers and Watchfloors

Due to the adoption of additive manufacturing, virtual reality, and 3D scanning technologies within the DoD, the sharing of sensitive and controlled 3D data has become more common and prevalent than ever. Especially for DoD assets, the integrity of the 3D data being shared is paramount. Discussed here are steganography solutions for 3D data that address some of the new data sharing problems that the DoD is facing. The methods discussed focus on meshes (for 3D printing applications) and point clouds (for large scale scanning documentation), but could be adapted to new formats.

RESTORE Lab: Implementation and Applications of Steganography to 3D Data Distribution

The DoD is playing catch up with industry but we are seeing significant positive results from the Open Topic initiative.

AFVentures overview of Open Topic SBIR/STTR

In order to be effective in the field, the military trains warfighters. The goals of training are for the warfighter to learn (1) vehicle and weapon operations and dynamics (e.g., how the vehicle and gun turret work and “feel”) in live tactical situations and (2) how to effectively coordinate with team members and joint operations.

The military employs both live and virtual reality training to achieve these goals. Live training, especially gunnery, requires significant facilities and range infrastructure and is also limited to specific sites due to safely restrictions. Unfortunately, live training is expensive. In this work, augmented reality based training systems are presented. The trainees are able to walk and drive on physical terrain and engage virtual entities for tactical and gunnery training. By augmenting the real world using virtual entities and effects, along with existing training aids and devices, training anywhere and anytime is enabled.

We present three systems in this talk to address the training challenges. First, AR-unaided eye is a head mounted Augmented Reality (AR) system that allows dismounts to train. Second, AR-binoculars is a set of fixed-zoom optical sights that enable stable AR insertions at long ranges. Third, AR-Stryker is a vehicle-borne AR training system for augmenting the views of the driver, commander, and gunner. All of the systems rely on inertial measurements, cameras, and GPS to provide jitter free, real-time pose estimation. Synthetic targets (e.g., dismounts, technical, target) are rendered. We will share system hardware details and video samples of the AR renderings.

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