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0 pointsDougWebb11y ago0 comments

Those drones are still flown by human pilots, remotely. I wonder what the maneuverability limit is with remote piloting. At some point the drone would be able to turn so fast that the human couldn't process the rapidly changing visuals. Maybe the drone pilots will need to be given a simulated "third person view" like a video game in order to keep up.

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TeMPOraL11y ago

It's an UX problem. The pilots might need to be given more indirect, goal-oriented interface. Instead of first-person view and direct flight control, they would mark waypoints on situation map and select maneuvering policies, akin to some RTS games.

ajuc11y ago

I think modern wars will be fought by tousands of pro-gamers using something like 3d rts ui.

For example if we have 50 drones doing some task it's stupid to hire 50 people to manage them like pilots. Much better to hire 5 people and give them better ui (construct 360 degree view from all the drones feeds localy and send only the aggregated information.

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TeMPOraL11y ago

ajuc11y ago

I think modern wars will be fought by tousands of pro-gamers using something like 3d rts ui.

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