Professor Nick Colosimo of BAE Systems talking about what advances in augmented reality could mean for the next generation of combat aircraft, on the Technology Stage, at New Scientist Live
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Technologies that augment the real world with virtual information have been around since their widespread use in the second world war. Since the 1950s, evolutions of these technologies have included advanced head up displays and helmet mounted displays on fighter aircraft. More recently, similar technologies are being proposed for a wide variety of other applications, often with a great deal of hype. This talk provides an overview of the subject and a description of a broad range of applications before considering what this could all mean for the next generation of combat aircraft cockpits and their remote command centres. Professor Nick Colosimo has worked in the defence and aerospace sector for BAE Systems for nearly 30 years. He has been responsible for the delivery of a range of research programmes and demonstrations achieving world, UK, and company firsts. These have spanned autonomy, sensing, stealth, cyber, and human machine interfaces. In 2013-2014 Nick was responsible for a major collaborative programme with academia in which one of the world’s most advanced mixed reality systems was developed under VR, AR, and Mixed Reality veteran Professor Bob Stone’s leadership. Nick has provided strong advocacy for STEM education through his endeavours and has built long term academic links with a large number of universities including the University of Birmingham and Cranfield University where Nick is a Visiting Professor at the latter.