Show Notes
Red 6 CEO and co-founder Dan Robinson discusses augmented reality for pilots, the military metaverse, and the future of high-end training and tactics development.
Red 6 was founded in 2018 around a revolutionary approach to military flight training called ATARS—the Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System—that creates virtual outdoor worlds to deliver threat-relevant,near-peer-level training scenarios.
It’s much more than an augmented reality helmet—it's rethinking the entire pilot training and readiness experience.
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00:00 00:42 intro 01:41 origin story 05:22 thesis of Red 6 06:17 co-founder meeting 10:43 lack of adversaries to train against 16:03 realism that gets missed 17:58 surface threats 21:03 progress and iteration 25:25 all of the technical challenges 27:20 suspension of disbelief 30:37 replacing helmet-mounted cueing 32:09 Enders Game 34:18 the Red 6 name 35:59 UK Royal Air Force 38:33 manned + unmanned 45:08 validating tactics and training 51:34 quality vs quantity training 54:30 the technology is coming 55:21 flying 56:43 the chief morale officer
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