ThirdEye Partners to Improve US Air Force Training

ThirdEye, an augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) enterprise solutions company, has partnered with 3D Media, a technology development firm that specializes in virtual and augmented reality solutions for the enterprise, to improve training and human performance for flight line maintainers and flight crews for one of the U.S. Air Force's airframes. With ThirdEye's X2 MR Glasses, personnel will find improved safety, efficiency and proficiency when working on the airframes to ensure they are mission ready.

"When we go into a project, we never assume what theoutcome is going to be – the answer comes from collaborating with otherexperts. By partnering with ThirdEye, we're arming airmen with X2 MR Glasses tosignificantly improve their day-to-day," said Daryl Roy, CEO and Founderof 3D Media. "I believe that augmented reality's largest opportunity is inthe area of human performance, where there's no margin for error. ThirdEye hasproven to be successful in military environments, and with life and deathliterally on the line, it's important to arm our military personnel with thebest."

Last year in November, 3D Media was awarded a $1 millionSmall Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from AFWERX to build AR toolsto improve training for airmen. After conducting research on the available ARand MR glasses on the market, ThirdEye's X2 MR Glasses were chosen for researchand development purposes, along with a larger deployment into the Air Force andU.S. Department of Defense. The X2 MR Glasses align with the military's needs,from its industrial capabilities, platform built for working applications, andability to connect with subject matter experts in harsh environments.

By wearing the X2 MR Glasses, flight crews and flight linemaintainers can connect with experts in any environment via the glasses'built-in proprietary 3D SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) system andCAD modeling and overlay, where step-by-step technical instructions anddrawings will project onto the X2 MR Glasses display. The glasses also takescreenshots and enlarge images for better visibility. Flight crews andmaintainers are then able to open and view documents via voice command, whileworking hands-free, without worrying about the Wi-Fi connection because of theX2 MR Glasses' 5G capabilities.

The X2 MR Glasses fit a wide field of view with powerfulsensors, providing advanced MR features that are not available on a monoculardevice, while remaining hands-free – important for being out in the field wherewires can be a potential hazard. The X2 MR Glasses also run on the latestAndroid operating system (OS) allowing software to be easily ported onto theglasses.