DOD Wants Virtual Reality Tech That Will Work in Low Bandwidth Environments

The Department of Defense’s chief technology officer wants to find virtual reality and augmented reality tech that will also work in low bandwidth environments to enable “distributed operations.”

Heidi Shyu said Tuesday that the DOD should look to the gaming industry, which is developing some of the most advanced AR/VR tech, for potential solutions. Headsets used by the DOD are currently missing the critical capability to work in hostile, low-bandwidth environments, where the military often operates.