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How the Air Force Should Stay Engaged In Computer Vision Technology Development Mark B. Skouson, Major, USAF This paper investigates the availability of computer vision technologies for future Air Force applications. It makes a major contribution in the form of the results of a Delphi-style survey that forecasts advances in computer vision through 2030. The survey shows that while that computer vision technology appears to be progressing in general agreement with Air Force needs for the 2030 timeframe, a few gaps exist that the Air Force must address. The survey combines the judgment of 13 experts from academia and industry, and the results are compared to the Air Force’s expected computer vision needs, as documented in the Air Force 2025 Study. The results show expected maturity information for specific computer vision technologies, estimate the relative difficulty in maturing the technologies, and provide a list of technical and non-technical hurdles. The information is invaluable for anyone making strategic technology-related decisions. The Air Force must continue to play an active role in shaping future computer vision technologies by investing in sensors networks, data fusion, technology transition, and artificial intelligence. Recommendations: 1) The Air Force should apply additional resources to help mature technologies in the high-intelligence systems area and consider using grand challenges to promote advances in artificial intelligence, especially since traditional funding methods have had little success. 2) The Air Force should continue to invest in professionals that are able to facilitate technology transfer from academia and industry to the military. 3) The Air Force should apply resources to promote advances in sensor
networks. 4) The Air Force should also focus on ways to combine the data from the various sensors and focus on data fusion. Advanced Information Display Technology: Holovideo Enhancements to the Air, Space and Cyberspace Fight John “Wahoo” Edwards, Major, USAF This study argues that advanced information display technology in the form of holovideo can enhance several Air Force mission areas. Holovideo displays may provide advantages to fuse sensor data in the counter air fight while also providing a tool to visualize the cyberspace domain. Additionally, holovideo provides true 3D displays to provide greater mission effectiveness. Current and near-term display technologies (2.5D, Virtual Reality and Volumetric Displays) suffer from several limitations. Holovideo not only overcomes these obstacles but also provide true binocular and monocular cues. Holovideo’s current limitations rest on enabling technology—processing power, bandwidth and costs. These current challenges will diminish with time as we approach 2020. The astronomical rise in information requires systems that can display this data in a format that fully taps into humans’ visual processing capability. Holovideo technology provides the USAF with an advantage for managing the battlefields of tomorrow in air, space and cyberspace at a tactical, operational and strategic level. Recommendations: 1) The USAF should invest in developing holovideo to create a truly 3D interactive image with all the depth cues and resolution sufficient to provide extreme realism. 2) The USAF must follow commercial developments in this field closely as the breakthrough in this technology may well occur in the private sector and must be transferable to military applications in air, space an cyberspace. 3) The Air
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