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Oct 27, 2010

Military Tactical iPad App Looks Like a Real Life Starcraft II

This is the SoldierEyes map, a tactical application for iPad that shows friends and foes' real time positions in the battlefield. It isn't a game, even while it looks like an RTS, similar toRaytheon's Advanced Tactical System (RATS).

Like RATS, the encrypted SoldierEyes network uses smartphones or iPod touch units to gather the information and distribute it. Soldiers can even use an augmented reality app to capture terrain and enemy data to share automatically with other units. All that information is displayed automatically on the iPad and relayed to commanders anywhere in the world.

Sounds like a neat game to play, until you realize the system requirements include actual bullets and mortar fire.

42 comments:

  1. ZERG RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Good find - that's awesome!

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  3. Good find - that's awesome!

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  4. Yeah, not a big fan of Friendly Fire games. But it does look cool.

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  5. The Ipad is coming out with a lot of cool stuff!

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  6. That looks so cool. People could use it when they play paintball in an large area :)

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  7. Haha. Didn't know I had so much military training!

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  8. I hope they work on the wireless encryption. Last thing we need is a hostile that can see EXACTLY where everyone is while remaining out of site in a relatively safe location.

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  9. That's just all kinds of awesome.

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  10. Indeed! At first look, I thought it was some Starcraft-like game.

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  11. Looks awesome, the app is gradually taking over the world!

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  12. The terrain map looks amazing

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  13. thats almost reason enough to join the army!

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  14. I need to get an iPad now! Thanks for info!!!

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  15. I still would never get an IPad

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  16. "iWar"

    I like that. That's good.

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  17. it really looks like something trekky :D

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  18. iWar is truly the tactical tool of the tfuture

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  19. I dunno how I feel about this. Certainly it is cool, but it also encourages a disturbing disconnect between commanders and the HUMAN BEINGS they command..

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  20. Hey a good friend of mine is actually working on the development of this app.... they're making it for android, too, and incorporating it into iphones, so each individual soldier can recieve real-time data through an iphone

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  21. They can't be serious.. using an iPad for this? Pfff...

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  22. You'd think they would use the Slate for a military app. But I guess not. Still looks awesome.

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  23. Hory shet.

    I knew it.

    Ipedes are taking over.

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  24. LOL that is awesome!!

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  25. all of a sudden, so many RTS gamers are gonna want to join the military. considering how some of them play, it might not be a bad idea...

    YOUR WARRIORS HAVE ENGAGED THE ENEMY!

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  26. Damn that is so futurist! I guess its about time to give up my ideas to overthrow the government lol

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