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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, is one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It proposes a provisional cockpit design for craft driven by speculative breakthrough propulsion, such as control of gravity and inertia and faster-than-light travel. It draws mainly on the book Frontiers of Propulsion Science and on human-machine interface research.
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UNCLASSIFIED/ }F9A: 9FFI~I l1k WE&i a••k>/ where careful changes in position are required that are difficult to infer from just looking at external landmarks. VIRTUAL SURROUND DISPLAY Responding to the likelihood that direct visual contact to the outside environment will not be available, images of the outside will have to be relayed to the pilot via exterior cameras and interior displays. Taking advantage of foreseeable advances, such images are likely to be in the form of virtual displays. This also allows the most critical motion and orientation cues, along with augmented reality functions, to be superimposed on these images. At this point, the method of virtual display is not important (e.g., helmet mounted, projected on screen, or contact lens). The issues addressed here discuss what is required rather than the details of how those functions are provided. Exterior Visuals Since direct visual contact to the outside environment will not be available, images of the outside will have to be relayed to the pilot. A system of cameras that can see the external environment are required, plus whatever processing is required to seamlessly merge these images for projection on the virtual surround display. Additionally, it would be advantageous to be able to focus in on and magnify the view of any particular area of the display. Points of Interest Taking advantage of the technology for augmented reality, 50 where objects of interest can be highlighted on a display, this function will be included in the virtual surround display to flag such things as points of interest, objects, and the trajectories of objects. Overlays Ideally, it would be advantageous to be able to superimpose false-color images representing light spectra beyond normal human perception, such as infrared or ultraviolet light. Data Call Up With such a large projection area available, physical panels can also be projected onto manipulated with gesture-based commands. techniques of visual information display. 51 Sound Augmentation any of the adaptive displays from the the virtual surround display and then This feature can employ ever-evolving Audio cues shall be included so that the location of objects of interest and alarm states can be spatially inferred, and redundant information to their locations can be projected by visual displays. In addition, the vehicle's flight-assist system can speak information to the pilot. Techniques of using different sounds, as well as the manipulation of a given sound (i.e., changing the repetition rate of a given beeping tone), will be used. 40 UNCLASSIFIED/ /Pett :SPPI@Itlit "iii tn•kl/
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