Transition Wide-Angle Goggles with Integrated Illuminated Display

To address the Navy’s need for cross-domain transition goggles with an integrated, illuminated display, Intellisense Systems, Inc. (ISI) proposes, in Phase II, to advance the development of the new Transition Wide-Angle Goggles with Integrated Illuminated Display (TWIGIID), which were proven feasible in Phase I for use by the Navy’s special operations skydivers and underwater divers. The novel TWIGIID uniquely integrates an ellipsoidal visor with narrowband reflective coating and a high-resolution miniature picoprojector that provides wide field-of-view (FOV) distortion-free imagery. Through modeling and experimental testing in Phase I, ISI has developed a TWIGIID design that provides HD (1920x720) resolution, see-through, full color (RGB), imagery over a 70degx50deg FOV/eye (100deg (H) x 50deg (V) both eyes with a 20deg stereo-overlap), is the size of lap swim goggles, and has waterproof sealing to allow seamless transition between underwater and above-water operation, and including specific procedures and hardware for water clearing, equalizing, and de-fogging. During the Phase II Base period, ISI will refine the design and fabricate a TWIGIID prototype, test performance in a relevant environment, evaluate form, fit, and function, and conduct a PDR. During the Phase II Option period, ISI will optimize the design and before CDR fabricate and test additional prototypes.