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73 FBI L. Enforcement Bull. 12 (2004)
Improving the View of the World: Law Enforcement and Augmented Reality Technology

handle is hein.journals/fbileb73 and id is 13 raw text is: oday's rapidly changing society is driven by higher and higher levels of technological advancement. For good or bad, technology brings change. The events of September 11, 2001, have served to fuel the debate con- cerning the role that technology should play in people's lives, particularly future battles against terrorism in a free society. The rate of change itself, however, is changing, signifi- cantly compressing the time that it takes for new technologies to take hold and alter the way in which people live and interact with each other. Rapidly emerg- ing technologies also afford criminals and terrorists new op- portunities for exploiting, dis- rupting, and harming society. While human intelligence and traditional policing methodolo- gies continue as important as- pects of law enforcement, high- tech systems are becoming a principle, and undeniably necessary, means of maintain- ing domestic security. To em- ploy emerging technologies effectively and thwart their illicit use by criminals and terrorists, law enforcement officers need to understand fully the state of cur- rent technological capabilities and how those capabilities will change in the coming decades. One of these emerging and powerful technologies, aug- mented reality (AR), uses wear- able components to overlay virtual (computer-generated) in- formation onto individuals' real- world view or into their real- world experiences in a way that improves and enhances their 12 / FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

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