BANC3 has been awarded an Army contract to develop an augmented reality system.
Under the contract, part of three Army contracts for BANC3 with a total value of $15 million, the company will develop for Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (CERDEC NVESD) a "heads-up, see-through augmented reality (AR) system that issues the war fighter coordinated data and video visual from a weapon sight, a special transmitter and an Android apparatus, such as a smartphone," according to a BANC3 announcement. "This Soldier Visual Interface Technology (SVIT) will provide better display resolution, brightness, see-through optics, full-color visualization and several wireless interfaces."