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AR Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost To Marine Mechanics

By Matt Buchanan on October 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM

It’s like a real-life Starcraft perk for mechanics repairing armoured vehicles: Marine mechanics, assisted by augmented-reality goggles with a heads-up display, repaired light armoured vehicles up to 46 per cent faster.

The HUD replaces technical manuals on a bulky laptop with floating instructions, labels and oh yes, 3D models of tools right in front of the mechanic. The wrist-mounted interface is run off an Android-powered G1 (which looks much cooler as gauntlet). Apparently Android’s seeing a lot of use as a tool of war. You can check out a video of it here. [Technology Review via PopSci]

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