Thermal cameras offered for each eye.

• Author: Beidel, Fric
• Position: TECHWIRE

* Two eyes are better than one, and a thermal camera for each of those eyes is even more desirable.

Oregon-based FLIR Systems inc. has developed a true thermal binocular. The company unveiled two versions of its new device at the recent Association of the United States Army convention in Washington, D.C.

Largely because of cost reasons, thermal over for less expensive bi-ocular solutions in which both eyes view the same camera.

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"This has worked reason-ably well, except that you can't distinguish distance, prohibiting depth perception," said Bill Sundermeier, government systems president for FLIR Systems Inc. Having two cameras, one for each eye, enhances the ability to judge the...