REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

the role of AUGMENTED REALITY in DEFENSIVE ACTIVITIES

ZORICA A. DODEVSKA

Research and Development Institute Lola Ltd, 70a Kneza Višeslava, Belgrade 11030, zorica.dodevska@li.rs

MARKO M. MIHIĆ

Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, 154 Jove Ilića, Belgrade 11000, mihicm@fon.bg.ac.rs

SREĆKO MANASIJEVIĆ

Research and Development Institute Lola Ltd, 70a Kneza Višeslava, Belgrade 11030, srecko.manasijevic@li.rs

Abstract: Achievement of strategy objectives of defensive organizations is in close connection with the use of an adequate technology. This paper explains why augmented reality, technology that superimposes digital information over real world information, requires special attention in defense industry. The authors identified and described several key roles of AR in defensive activities: real situations with special focus on critical situations, trainings, real-time remote collaboration, maintenance, repair, and overhaul, as well as security system checks. Some challenges of using AR in defensive activities are outlined, and hints for future researches of this increasingly important technology are given.

Keywords: augmented reality, defensive activities, defense industry, role of augmented reality, technology.