The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks

houdaifatam · 2014-05-05, 21:21

The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks | Kotaku UK
This is sick !
What do you guys think ?
If this is not the right place to post this thread please do tell me.

ElshanF · 2014-05-05, 22:48

Pretty badass

mangeface · 2014-05-07, 14:35

That's a pretty good idea. My thought is how durable is it to the environment?

ExeTick · 2014-05-07, 19:23

I dont think oculus for vehicle driving is any good at all.

only by looking on this video I think it explains my point.

[R-COM]Hulabi · 2014-05-07, 19:29

In this case there is no lag tho, since AFAIK it's a direct feed from the cameras to the oculus rift and not from an online source.

ExeTick · 2014-05-07, 19:34

yes but still those milliseconds that is delayed from the camera to oculus could be vital. coming to a turn or something and the camera is delaying the video feed with 2 seconds could be REALLY bad.

[R-COM]Hulabi · 2014-05-07, 19:51

OCULUS RIFT - Norwegian army driving armoured vehicle using Oculus Rift - tu.no/tutv/forsvar (Video)

Lag or not, the ability to see around like that is huge

MADsqirrel · 2014-05-07, 21:23

That could be extremly usefull!
ATM most (maybe all) AFV have only a few view ports to look through, with lots of blind spots.
Example German Marder:

With a camera/Oculus Rift system the driver can get a much better view and lag shouldn't be a problem.
If you mount the same system in the back, backwards driving will also be a lot faster/safer.
ATM you either have a backwards camera like in cars or your commander leads the driving, which means he can't focus on the surroundings.

StevePl4y5 · 2014-06-22, 20:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by ExeTick

yes but still those milliseconds that is delayed from the camera to oculus could be vital. coming to a turn or something and the camera is delaying the video feed with 2 seconds could be REALLY bad.

The delay shouldn't be more than the one you would get with a screen from the camera of a remote weapons system.

Xander[nl] · 2014-06-22, 20:20

Wouldn't the cameras get damaged or destroyed at the first hint of combat (think HE explosions, bullets, etc) and driving over very rough terrain?

2014-05-05, 21:21	#1
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2014-05-07, 14:35	#3
mangeface Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,099 United States of America Location: Oklahoma	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks That's a pretty good idea. My thought is how durable is it to the environment?

2014-05-07, 19:23	#4
ExeTick Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 844 Sweden	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks I dont think oculus for vehicle driving is any good at all. only by looking on this video I think it explains my point.
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2014-05-07, 19:29	#5
[R-COM]Hulabi FDF Faction Lead Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,272 Finland	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks In this case there is no lag tho, since AFAIK it's a direct feed from the cameras to the oculus rift and not from an online source.
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2014-05-07, 19:34	#6
ExeTick Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 844 Sweden	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks yes but still those milliseconds that is delayed from the camera to oculus could be vital. coming to a turn or something and the camera is delaying the video feed with 2 seconds could be REALLY bad.
ExeTick Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 844 Sweden

2014-05-05, 22:48	#2
ElshanF Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 353 United Kingdom Location: Scotland	Pretty badass

2014-05-07, 19:51	#7
[R-COM]Hulabi FDF Faction Lead Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,272 Finland	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks OCULUS RIFT - Norwegian army driving armoured vehicle using Oculus Rift - tu.no/tutv/forsvar (Video) Lag or not, the ability to see around like that is huge
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2014-05-07, 21:23	#8
MADsqirrel Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 404 Germany Location: middle of nowhere	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks That could be extremly usefull! ATM most (maybe all) AFV have only a few view ports to look through, with lots of blind spots. Example German Marder: With a camera/Oculus Rift system the driver can get a much better view and lag shouldn't be a problem. If you mount the same system in the back, backwards driving will also be a lot faster/safer. ATM you either have a backwards camera like in cars or your commander leads the driving, which means he can't focus on the surroundings.

2014-06-22, 20:20	#10
Xander[nl] Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,042 Netherlands Location: Tiel, Netherlands	Re: The Norwegian Military is Testing the Oculus Rift to Drive Tanks Wouldn't the cameras get damaged or destroyed at the first hint of combat (think HE explosions, bullets, etc) and driving over very rough terrain?

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