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                      US Military Testing New Spy Glasses

   by VOA News

   One of the advantages provided by 'smart' glasses that include a
   miniature camera, video display and Internet connection, such as Google
   Glass, is so-called `situational awareness'. This means that the person
   wearing them can, for instance, call up a map of the immediate
   surroundings or information about nearby shops and restaurants.

   San Francisco-based Osterhout Design Group says it developed a set of
   smart glasses that could provide `situational intelligence' to military
   and other security personnel.

   With the help of a server, its X6 glasses can display three-dimensional
   images of maps and nearby objects. They can also be equipped with
   software that compares human faces with a biometric database, supplying
   the wearer with intelligence about the person in focus.

   The X6 glasses, only slightly bulkier than ordinary sunglasses, are now
   undergoing testing by the U.S. Defense Department.
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