--- title: "The Army’s New Night Vision Goggles Let Soldiers Look Around Corners" description: "The US Army recently showed off its new set of night vision goggles — and they're straight out of a video game." date: "2020-11-13" modified: "2020-11-13" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/night-vision-goggles-look-around-corners" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "night vision" - "night vision goggles" - "the army" - "the digest" --- # The Army’s New Night Vision Goggles Let Soldiers Look Around Corners ![The US Army recently showed off its new set of night vision goggles — and they're straight out of a video game.]() *\Image: Tactical Blueprint via YouTube\* ## AR Night Vision The US Army recently showed off its latest night vision goggles — and they're straight out of a video game. A video, as [spotted by *The Warzone*](), shows soldiers firing M4 carbines straight from the hip, without looking into the gun's sights, in the middle of the night. That's thanks to a first-person feed of what the gun is pointing at being sent directly to to the night vision goggles. https://youtu.be/1iDkVasHZog ## Enhance! The Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular combines an image intensifier, a vacuum tube that increases the intensity of available light, and a thermal imaging sensor. The resulting video feed is stunningly detailed and allows soldiers to make out individual targets with ease. Thanks to the feed, soldiers can even point their rifles around corners and get a glimpse of what's ahead on the battlefield. The goggles also allow their wearer to seamlessly switch between the feed and the primary view of the goggles themselves. ## Augmenting Reality According to the goggles' maker L3Harris Technologies, additional information could be piped into the goggles' view, effectively turning it into a heads-up display. For instance, soldiers could keep track of drones in the sky to identify targets in the distance. It's not the only augmented reality vision system the Army has been working on. The Pentagon has also been funding the [Integrated Visual Augmentation System](), which is being built on a custom version of Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset. **READ MORE:** [The View Through The Army's New Night Vision Goggles Looks Straight Out Of A Video Game]() \[*The Drive*\] **More on night vision:** *[The Military is Developing Augmented Reality Night Vision Goggles]()* ## 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]()