--- title: "The US Army’s New Goggles Could Let Soldiers See Around Corners" description: "The US Army has developed a new pair of hi-tech goggles that allows infantry to see in the dark and even see around corners, as Popular Mechanics reports." date: "2021-03-08" modified: "2021-03-08" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/armys-new-goggles-soldiers" categories: - "Future Society" - "Virtual Reality" tags: - "army" - "augmented reality" - "night vision goggles" - "the digest" --- # The US Army’s New Goggles Could Let Soldiers See Around Corners ![The US Army has developed a new pair of hi-tech goggles that allows infantry to see in the dark and even see around corners, as Popular Mechanics reports.]() *\Image: DVIDS\* ## Goggle Up The US Army is hard at work on a new pair of hi-tech goggles that allows infantry to see in the dark and even see around corners, [*Popular Mechanics* reports](). The goggles, called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), incorporate a feed from a variety of cameras mounted to the front of the goggles. The goggles can also incorporate feeds from other omnidirectional cameras mounted in other other places. For instance, cameras attached to the outside of armored vehicles could allow soldiers to effectively "see" through the walls of the vehicle. ## Situational Awareness The system can also display other information, including maps and objectives. "In the past, as the Soldier in the back who's going to actually be dismounting on the objective you may have a single screen to look at that can maybe toggle between the driver’s view or the commander's view, or the gunners view, or perhaps you're looking through periscope blocks or asking the crew themselves what is actually happening around you," sergeant first class Josuha Braly said in [a statement](). "But overall when you are buttoned up in the back of a platform you have very limited situational awareness to what you’re walking into," Braly said. The goggles could even be mounted to a specially-designed night vision scope that's attached to a soldier's rifle. By [pointing the rifle around a corner](), the soldier could theoretically see around corners, even at night. ## Not So Fast The Army has put in a whopping $1.1 billion order to buy 40,000 of them, roughly one for every frontline soldier in the Army, according to *PopMech*. Congress, however, scaled the order back and cut the requested budget by 20 percent back in December, [according to the *Army Times*](). **READ MORE:** [The Army’s New Goggles Let Soldiers See Right Through Walls]() \[*Popular Mechanics*\] **More on the goggles:** *[The Army's New Night Vision Goggles Let Soldiers Look Around Corners]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()