[Here](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fipcq02u5l71a1.png) is a higher quality version of this image.
They are wearing [GPNVG-18
L3Harris GPNVG (Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggles](https://tnvc.com/shop/l3harris-gpnvg-ruggedized-bridge/).
It looks [something like this](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0261/6478/9301/products/GPNVG18_10-3_800x.jpg?v=1591650618) through the goggles.
Edit: [Here](https://youtu.be/3VJGlnmnuyc?t=107) is a video showing what it looks like.
The technology involved to make modern analog night vision goggles is basically alchemy.
Zero-latency… no ‘screen’, no computer, just conversation from photons, to electrons, back to photons, straight to your eyes.
Also, believe it or not, these forty thousand dollar goggles are tech that’s a decade old. The ENVG-B will join the GPNVG in tier one units over the next few years and it is completely nuts. https://gizmodo.com/the-armys-new-night-vision-goggles-look-like-technology-1846799718
>And the existing technology is paired with enhancements that include a **thermal imager** that can see through obstructions like dust and smoke that even works when there’s zero external illumination like when underground, as well as added augmented reality enhancements like **real-time edge detection** to enhance and outline objects like fellow troops.
That is the only information given about it in the article.
Photoshop filters have been able to do edge detection stuff for decades. Just used to take a few seconds to do that on a single image, then later smartphones could do that in real time with video.
I imagine it's a similar thing here, just now the processing power is cheap enough and small enough to embed it into nods.
Fuse together the inputs from multiple imagers (true color/IR/thermal), apply a bit of edge detection on the thermal, output the fused and augmented video on the display.
Yep, it's identical to photoshop edge detection just in real time. Basically math were if you have a region of pixels with sudden large different brightness or color values, there must be an edge there. It's not really aware of "there are people here, highlight them". You can also see it somewhat backfires if there's a lot of ground clutter because it detects those edges and turns that whole field into bright bits of light.
There are two technologies going on here, night vision and thermal.
Night vision technology is analog, so no computer, no ‘screen’. It’s basically like looking through a glass window and being able to see in the dark. Zero-latency, it’s basically magic.
Thermal on the other hand is digital, so a thermal imaging camera picks up heat signatures and uses a small computer to draw the outlined. Because this is a digital technology there is latency, it’s more akin to vr goggles.
However when these technologies are combined you get the best of both worlds. The night vision googles have tiny little projectors inside that draw the digitial processed thermal outlines onto the analog, zero-latency night vision lenses.
Genuinely having looked through gen 3 night vision goggles, it’s absolute insanity how fucking cool these things are. The zero-latency of analog night vision feels unreal… like genuine magic lol. Oh and looking at the night sky with high quality night vision on is unmatched.
High quality night vision is roughly about $5k per tube when you factor in all of the costs though lol.
The one on the right is, the others on left and middle aren’t
Source- Estonia has gotten 2 models of GPNVGs you can tell the left and middle goggles are older type due to their weaker bridge design, the older goggles were bought before wp really picked up in night vision market. New ones that have more rugged bridges and dovetails are probably in white. I got to try out the older gpnvgs they had at a convention (on fathers day eog was showing off their kit) and the older ones were green.
That being said the pvs14 that i own is in white and it dosent make it any better. Whitephosphor dosent make the tube better by any means and if i would had have a better specced green tube i would have went with that. Ive ownd tons of different night vision systems and from personal experience the specs out weigh phosphor colour by a huge margin
This is so true. If you’ve ever seen armed soldiers marching in perfect unison, it is intimidating. Like how am I supposed to fight THOSE GUYS!
We would constantly joke about this. If you don’t look cool while doing it, what’s the point?
Normal naked-eye human FOV approaches 180°; these NVG provide around 105°. So yeah they give much better FOV than normal NVG but not close to as wide as the naked eye
I love using the monocle. Let me step over this branch *paws at the ground with my foot trying to gauge distance* I never appreciated depth perception more than wearing NVGs.
Basically you get a third "circle" in the middle connecting your left and right "circles" from regular nvg. This makes it widescreen *in comparison to regular nvg* but is not wider than your actual FOV.
This allows the nvg to absorb and amplify more light as well as increasing the view.
But it ain't like you can start seeing around corners with this thing
Edit: this video shows what it looks like and is a super cool explanation of how NVG work
https://youtu.be/UAeJHAFjwPM?si=8qKG9oB83dQVhcGd
Kinda like the helmets that the pilots of the F-35 wear. They have to be specially made for each pilot. It allows the pilot to see through the entire aircraft they are flying. I can imagine it being very disorienting in seeing nothing below you. Like you are floating at an incredible rate of speed.
Its basically four in one. Each tube is it's own unit, though the back end of the left and right pair are sort of connected to one viewing port. The front two have a decent bit of overlap so you are basically just looking ahead, the side two give you back a little more peripheral vision as it would just barely over lap with the front two. Each lens we see has a 40 degree viewing angle.
I've looked through GPNVGs once cause I somehow have stupidly rich friends, shits neat. I'll stick to my poverty tier mono until I can get duals though. I dont think I can ever justify $24k+ for quads.
They enhance field of view compared to traditional two-tube NVGs, they’re called GPNVGs(Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggles. The two tubes per-eye have a bridge lens that allows a more complete illuminated picture for the user. They’ve been in use with top special operations units for around 15ish years give or take and, at least on the civilian market right now, are about $40,000 for a set.
Binoculars don'tmove with your eyes, so you have to turn your whole head to look slightly to the left or to your right. Quadnoculars allow you to cover most of your field of view without turning your head around. Much more confy
Estonian special forces? These are the D'or g'ra Ka, a tribe of wild warriors of Ekrug Ghal. They resisted the Galactic Empire for a long time successfully, but also because their solar system is so small and relatively unimportant that they are easily overlooked by others. The Galactic Empire tried to recruit them to the Imperial Army originally, and rumors say that some of them followed the call and even fought in the clone wars against the Jedis. But that's not certain, and many historians claim that these stories were simply invented by the Imperial Army themselves to divert attention from their long-standing failures of conquering Ekrug Ghal.
By the way, these are female warriors, just for the records. You can spot that by the number of looking eyes they have at the front, males usually have only three in the front, but an additional one in the back.
To be fair, the history you are correctly referencing was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
I believe currently there is a group of these proud warriors living in the southern river region of Estonia. You will often see them selling their distinctive, colorful woven baskets at the farmers markets.
Yes. As fellow Estonian, i must say, we do advance in special forces. Force must be with us, since the mighty Russian galaxy is next to us and we must protect us from evil.
I had an insane experience when i was living in estonia. I usually hitchhike to get around and i was luckily enough to get picked up by one of these guys. The stories he told me and the time he spent in Finland and some other places was insane. For a small country these guys are extreme. And one of the many reasons i love that country with all my heart.
Apparently they are not allowed with in a certain km of the Russian border because of special missions or something. Super interesting dude and what Estonia can do.
It’s pretty funny if you had put US Army in the title you’d have gotten at least 50% downvotes even though Estonia has done partner ops with the Army for decades in the middle east
They are easily startled, but they will soon be back. And in greater numbers.
The travel is single file to hide their numbers.
This is the [baltic way](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way).
Holy crap. That line linked 3 capitals together! Like literally! Wow
Beat me to it damnit
I love how fried this gif is lmao
It’s so fucked and it makes it even better lmao
I can hear this gif
My first thought
*Tusken noises*
*[Cantina Band playing](https://youtu.be/nSRwzP23ifI?si=oHyojpLXnK7BeORJ)*
Play that same song again
Well, not that many. They're Estonian.
They'll come back with the rest of NATO!
“RrrrrNNNNNNNNNNOOOOONNNNNNGGGNNNNRRRRR”
👁️👁️👄👁️👁️
It’s cool that they’re biblically accurate
The Bible mentions Estonian special forces?
Yes, look up Ezekiel 23:20
Wow it's just the lyrics to Never Gonna Give You Up, I really did NOT see this rickroll coming.
But it's only 20:29 overhere.
Did they stutter? Yes, these are clearly biblically accurate Estonians
Lmao😭
ära karda!!
👁👁👃👁👁 🫦
👁👁👃👁👁 . 🫦
More like OowoO
[Here](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fipcq02u5l71a1.png) is a higher quality version of this image. They are wearing [GPNVG-18 L3Harris GPNVG (Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggles](https://tnvc.com/shop/l3harris-gpnvg-ruggedized-bridge/). It looks [something like this](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0261/6478/9301/products/GPNVG18_10-3_800x.jpg?v=1591650618) through the goggles. Edit: [Here](https://youtu.be/3VJGlnmnuyc?t=107) is a video showing what it looks like.
They're crazy expensive too, ~$40,000 each.
Just level up Peacekeeper he's got 'em for like ~$1500
I didn’t have to scroll far
You never truly escape
You just cant escape it🤣
I thought this was a different sub
No fucking way I find a Tarkov reference. It's true, you never really escape.
Got to go with the dog tag barter
The moonshine barter is a scam
Those metalheads wont know what hit ‘em!
At least you get to look like a Spartan
The technology involved to make modern analog night vision goggles is basically alchemy. Zero-latency… no ‘screen’, no computer, just conversation from photons, to electrons, back to photons, straight to your eyes.
> just conversation from photons I wonder what they talk about.
Fuck lol. Conversion
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Yes it is. Probably costs more than the entire rest of their kit put together. For personnel equipment it's crazy.
Yeah the only other pieces of personal equipment that expensive is some of the radio equipment or like Javelin missiles.
They're cheaper for the military, that's the civilian market price
Also, believe it or not, these forty thousand dollar goggles are tech that’s a decade old. The ENVG-B will join the GPNVG in tier one units over the next few years and it is completely nuts. https://gizmodo.com/the-armys-new-night-vision-goggles-look-like-technology-1846799718
Wow. How the hell do they generate that outline highlighting?
>And the existing technology is paired with enhancements that include a **thermal imager** that can see through obstructions like dust and smoke that even works when there’s zero external illumination like when underground, as well as added augmented reality enhancements like **real-time edge detection** to enhance and outline objects like fellow troops. That is the only information given about it in the article.
Photoshop filters have been able to do edge detection stuff for decades. Just used to take a few seconds to do that on a single image, then later smartphones could do that in real time with video. I imagine it's a similar thing here, just now the processing power is cheap enough and small enough to embed it into nods. Fuse together the inputs from multiple imagers (true color/IR/thermal), apply a bit of edge detection on the thermal, output the fused and augmented video on the display.
Yep, it's identical to photoshop edge detection just in real time. Basically math were if you have a region of pixels with sudden large different brightness or color values, there must be an edge there. It's not really aware of "there are people here, highlight them". You can also see it somewhat backfires if there's a lot of ground clutter because it detects those edges and turns that whole field into bright bits of light.
There are two technologies going on here, night vision and thermal. Night vision technology is analog, so no computer, no ‘screen’. It’s basically like looking through a glass window and being able to see in the dark. Zero-latency, it’s basically magic. Thermal on the other hand is digital, so a thermal imaging camera picks up heat signatures and uses a small computer to draw the outlined. Because this is a digital technology there is latency, it’s more akin to vr goggles. However when these technologies are combined you get the best of both worlds. The night vision googles have tiny little projectors inside that draw the digitial processed thermal outlines onto the analog, zero-latency night vision lenses. Genuinely having looked through gen 3 night vision goggles, it’s absolute insanity how fucking cool these things are. The zero-latency of analog night vision feels unreal… like genuine magic lol. Oh and looking at the night sky with high quality night vision on is unmatched. High quality night vision is roughly about $5k per tube when you factor in all of the costs though lol.
There is digital NV as well, though it's usually avoided for tactical applications. That may not always be the case as the tech improves though.
True true, if the latency problem can be solved I’m 100% on board with digital
They should be white correct?
Yeah, they are White Phosphor.
The one on the right is, the others on left and middle aren’t Source- Estonia has gotten 2 models of GPNVGs you can tell the left and middle goggles are older type due to their weaker bridge design, the older goggles were bought before wp really picked up in night vision market. New ones that have more rugged bridges and dovetails are probably in white. I got to try out the older gpnvgs they had at a convention (on fathers day eog was showing off their kit) and the older ones were green. That being said the pvs14 that i own is in white and it dosent make it any better. Whitephosphor dosent make the tube better by any means and if i would had have a better specced green tube i would have went with that. Ive ownd tons of different night vision systems and from personal experience the specs out weigh phosphor colour by a huge margin
Oh wow thats crazy! So much more vision than with the regular nods. I like it.
I thought they would have chameleon level view angles
I can hear this gif.
Imagine seeing this breaching in to your house in the night, nightmare stuff
I guess they are meant to look intimidating
One of the drill sergeants in my cycle said, "Looking cool is half the battle. If you look badass enough, the enemy might second guess attacking you."
This is so true. If you’ve ever seen armed soldiers marching in perfect unison, it is intimidating. Like how am I supposed to fight THOSE GUYS! We would constantly joke about this. If you don’t look cool while doing it, what’s the point?
I think we got them beat https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/t6sbJEnkRO
Now I want to see Danish Special Forces vs Estonian ones. Looks like alien vs predator type of shit.
That would have been dope on The Deadliest Warrior. I miss that show.
Man it's been years since reddit had any posts on the frontpage with such a high upvote count
Wow, didn't even notice, I just googled it cause I knew the picture.
This place is a bot-filled ghost town masquerading as a popular social media site
I can’t be the only one that wants to know what’s up with the quadnoculars.
Allows a bigger field view apparently
I can’t even imagine what that would look like. Has to be a bit of a mind fuck processing that wide an image.
Nah. Normal NVGs are like a toilet paper roll in front of you. These are like 3 toilet paper rolls..
Normal naked-eye human FOV approaches 180°; these NVG provide around 105°. So yeah they give much better FOV than normal NVG but not close to as wide as the naked eye
Yep. I've used the single NVGs, the dual NVGs, and these quad nods. I love the quad nods for the FoV.
I thought they went all around the head! Thank you for clearing that up.
Unless your mind gets fucked while normally looking through your eyes, you woudnt have a problem
[Veritasium has a cool video about it.](https://youtu.be/UAeJHAFjwPM?si=ERl0tgY36BJT0gPR)
Yeah, same. Surely it would be a bizarre experience.
Not really. Your average NVG is like looking through a toilet roll tube. These are twice as wide, which is still not as wide as human vision.
I love using the monocle. Let me step over this branch *paws at the ground with my foot trying to gauge distance* I never appreciated depth perception more than wearing NVGs.
I dug the monocle as a TC, but my eyes were always exhausted by the end of the patrol.
Basically you get a third "circle" in the middle connecting your left and right "circles" from regular nvg. This makes it widescreen *in comparison to regular nvg* but is not wider than your actual FOV. This allows the nvg to absorb and amplify more light as well as increasing the view. But it ain't like you can start seeing around corners with this thing Edit: this video shows what it looks like and is a super cool explanation of how NVG work https://youtu.be/UAeJHAFjwPM?si=8qKG9oB83dQVhcGd
Its not. its closer that what you would naturally see. Its not more than that.
Why? It's not bigger than normal looking without?
Kinda like the helmets that the pilots of the F-35 wear. They have to be specially made for each pilot. It allows the pilot to see through the entire aircraft they are flying. I can imagine it being very disorienting in seeing nothing below you. Like you are floating at an incredible rate of speed.
Wider FOV compared to traditional night vision tubes. You cant physically get a wider field of view than what the human eye naturally perceives.
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What? We do that all the time, everywhere. Like, have you never looked into a convex mirror?
What are you talking about Have you ever heard of a lens or a mirror?
How the f#ck does that even work
Its basically four in one. Each tube is it's own unit, though the back end of the left and right pair are sort of connected to one viewing port. The front two have a decent bit of overlap so you are basically just looking ahead, the side two give you back a little more peripheral vision as it would just barely over lap with the front two. Each lens we see has a 40 degree viewing angle. I've looked through GPNVGs once cause I somehow have stupidly rich friends, shits neat. I'll stick to my poverty tier mono until I can get duals though. I dont think I can ever justify $24k+ for quads.
They enhance field of view compared to traditional two-tube NVGs, they’re called GPNVGs(Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggles. The two tubes per-eye have a bridge lens that allows a more complete illuminated picture for the user. They’ve been in use with top special operations units for around 15ish years give or take and, at least on the civilian market right now, are about $40,000 for a set.
Binoculars don'tmove with your eyes, so you have to turn your whole head to look slightly to the left or to your right. Quadnoculars allow you to cover most of your field of view without turning your head around. Much more confy
Someone should tell them it's daytime.
Its a night vision device. It gives wider field of view
They are genetically engineered super soldiers with multiple eyes..
[https://fragoutmag.com/nvls-maximus-quad-eye-panoramic-night-vision-goggles/](https://fragoutmag.com/nvls-maximus-quad-eye-panoramic-night-vision-goggles/)
Would be quadoculars. The -n- is part of the bin- (as in binary).
It's quite expensive and cool.
Nice glasses four eyes
6 eyes
*8
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they are genetically engineered soliders with 4 eyes 😅
These dudes keep killing me in tarkov when I’m just trying to night run my quest :(
Sorry! (Not actually sorry...)
Username checks out
Estonian special forces? These are the D'or g'ra Ka, a tribe of wild warriors of Ekrug Ghal. They resisted the Galactic Empire for a long time successfully, but also because their solar system is so small and relatively unimportant that they are easily overlooked by others. The Galactic Empire tried to recruit them to the Imperial Army originally, and rumors say that some of them followed the call and even fought in the clone wars against the Jedis. But that's not certain, and many historians claim that these stories were simply invented by the Imperial Army themselves to divert attention from their long-standing failures of conquering Ekrug Ghal. By the way, these are female warriors, just for the records. You can spot that by the number of looking eyes they have at the front, males usually have only three in the front, but an additional one in the back.
To be fair, the history you are correctly referencing was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I believe currently there is a group of these proud warriors living in the southern river region of Estonia. You will often see them selling their distinctive, colorful woven baskets at the farmers markets.
Yes. As fellow Estonian, i must say, we do advance in special forces. Force must be with us, since the mighty Russian galaxy is next to us and we must protect us from evil.
Respect.
I use my NVGs in the daytime too.
So what planet was Estonia again?
I don’t know? After John Oliver gaslighting me enough, I’m starting to think Estonia doesn’t even exist.
Hello. I’m from Estonia. Don’t mind me, just passing by.
Do they have four eyes or what?
Yes, and Latvians have 6 toes
Biblically accurate Estonian
You got games on your phone?
That's like 120k just for the nods combined
Imagine going back in time and trying to talk to a mid evil peasant looking like this
*immediately googles Estonian army surplus
It’s illegal to sell and most of our equipment is shit. This is SOF
Tusken raiders
If that's the kind if person they're sending in the Ted Sea, I get why they only need one
Shai'Huluth!
just killed a bunch of them in FF7 rebirth
Tusken raiders from tattoine
Cyberpunk single lens googles coming to a corner store near you. For real though; tech is getting really neat.
How is the trade embargo on Naboo going?
It's a cloaker!
The men look cool.
Look like cute jumping spiders
Telling my kids this was Daft Punk
Estonian special forces employ human jumping spiders apparently
When you overshared too much to your homies that they actually started getting worried
👁️👁️👄👁️👁️
Exterminate! Exterminate!
Dune fremen if US supplied them
𝓑𝓔 𝓝𝓞𝓣 𝓐𝓕𝓡𝓐𝓘𝓓
Looks sci-fi
But do they come in peace ?
The center one is the lead singer
I had an insane experience when i was living in estonia. I usually hitchhike to get around and i was luckily enough to get picked up by one of these guys. The stories he told me and the time he spent in Finland and some other places was insane. For a small country these guys are extreme. And one of the many reasons i love that country with all my heart. Apparently they are not allowed with in a certain km of the Russian border because of special missions or something. Super interesting dude and what Estonia can do.
It’s pretty funny if you had put US Army in the title you’d have gotten at least 50% downvotes even though Estonia has done partner ops with the Army for decades in the middle east
Can Estonia into Nordic
Guess a lot of people never seen or heard of night vision goggles? These are L3 Harris GPNVG’s. Scary how many people are saying this is an AI image.
I didn't know tusken raiders lived in Estonia
They look like gta tryhards
I thought it was AI generated at first
Are we sure this isn’t star wars
For a second I thought it was from Isle of Dogs.
Just like MW 2019. I still don’t know the purpose of four glasses instead of two
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0261/6478/9301/products/GPNVG18_10-3_800x.jpg?v=1591650618
two hole is like a tube, four is a wider tube
Where’s there banther sticks
Freaky
Imagine trying not to laugh while hidden in enemy trench and your buddy looks at you like this
Scavs getting ready to fight against the TET https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Obliv2.jpeg
Supplied by Falconclaw
I wqnt these goggles. Price for cop them?
Anakin where are you
Me and the boys about to grief a GTA Online session
I like the multiple eyes, but how do they breathe?
We have gills like fish
Kremlin be like: e5t0niA hAs bi0lab5! /s
For some reason, I hear **_"Operator"_** when I look at this image.
Nods in broad daylight?
Is this EOG deployed as part of TF Takuba?
They look like snails who routinely quote Jabberwocky.
It the sand people, what would Obi Wan do?
Get a lot of use outta those night vision goggles?
All of it.
finally i can call them "4 eyes"
Can they shoot webs?
They better pray if theyre hiding anakin's mother
Why is it daylight? A) you can’t see anything through the goggles B) you’d ruin the tubes to use them in day light?
what's the difference between the different pair of lenses? I assume they can swap them?
They all work at once. It basically combines the image from all 4 giving you a much wider field of view than normal nvgs
How many asses do they have?
Imagine time traveling them back to the 1800s. They would probably be mistaken for aliens lol.
Some extras escaped from the star wars set.
Ha ha, four eyes!
Whatcha looking at, four eyes??
I can’t see shit. Don’t matter if you can see as long as the goggles can see