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0 pointsnordsieck4y ago0 comments

> There's a very obvious analogy here that proves you wrong: nvgs

Another example is red dot / holographic gun sights.

As an aside, while I agree with you broadly on NVGs, my experience with PVS-7's is that they're basically not much better than naked eyesight (I hope the more modern NVGs are better). The thing that makes NVGs really good is either IR lights or IR lasers.

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remarkEon4y ago

I think the difference though is all those examples require no more understanding of technology than how to operate a TV remote. Push some buttons, laser goes on. Even zeroing a holo sight is trivially easy.

And yes, modern NVGs are a whole different world from PVS-7s.

ahepp4y ago

I would think you could get a lot of utility from the hololens without actively operating anything.

The potential for passive blue force tracking alone seems pretty awesome to me (but you'd certainly know better)

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