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IVAS lets soldiers see 3D maps, through smoke and peek around corners.
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New military goggles give soldiers a unique way to see the battlefield.U.S. Army
It sounds straight out of science fiction, but new futuristic combat goggles developed for the U.S. Army will transform how soldiers see the battlefield and cut through the fog of war.
The goggles are known as IVAS, the acronym for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, that projects 3D terrain maps over what soldiers see directly in front of them and allows troops to see in the dark, through smoke and even around corners.