# Paramount, Defensphere collaborating on mixed reality tech

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2022/05/paramount-defensphere-collaborating-on-mixed-reality-tech/
- Published: 2022-05-04T11:16:37+01:00
- Author: Sarah Lesedi

Paramount Land Systems has signed an agreement with Estonian-Croatian defense company
Defensphere to collaborate in the development, installation, and global marketing
of the Vegvisir Mixed Reality Situational Awareness System (XRSAS).

Vegvisir provides armoured vehicle personnel with ‘through the wall’ 360-degree 
visibility of the battlefield.

The Vegvisir solution, which is based on innovative camera systems, sensors, and
algorithms synthesizing the camera images, uses head-mounted displays to provide
a mixed-reality overview of what is happening in the immediate surroundings of the
vehicle, but also of objects of interest significantly further away: up to 10 kilometers(
6.2 miles) from the vehicle.

The system is designed to provide visibility for the personnel of various armoured
vehicles, enabling them to observe, better orient and more rapidly respond than 
with traditional solutions currently used on armoured vehicles.

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Deon Grobler, Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Land Systems, stated: “In 2022-
era austere environments of conflict, today taking place both external to and within
any given country’s borders, there is an increasing demand for outstanding levels
of situational awareness on the battlefield. It is critical for crewmembers carrying
out a myriad of assignments such as reconnaissance, border patrol and peacekeeping,
to have the ability to observe, orient, decide and engage in time-sensitive scenarios
with greater efficiency and mission survivability than ever before”.

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Vegvisir’s mission computer oversees the technology’s videographic systems, its 
four layers of sensor systems and its algorithms in synthesizing camera imaging 
entirely external to the vehicle. The mil-spec video headset is utilised to provide
a mixed-reality overview of both activities in the immediate periphery of any land
vehicle, and also of objects of interest which may be significantly further away.

Ingvar Pärnamäe, Chief Executive Officer of Defensphere OU, stated that “Vegvisir
and technologies like it offer today critical actionable intelligence to help decision-
makers on and off the field of combat, to have all the information and understanding
that they would need to reach sound conclusions, those often executed on-the-fly.
We are pleased to partner with Paramount Group in deploying our situational awareness
and sighting technology within its fleet of advanced armoured land vehicles.”

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