E51 – Red 6 and the Military Metaverse
Podcast: The MergePublished On: Sun Oct 05 2025
Description: Red 6 CEO and co-founder Dan Robinson discusses augmented reality for pilots, the military metaverse, and the future of high-end training and tactics development.Red 6 was founded in 2018 around a revolutionary approach to military flight training called ATARS—the Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System—that creates virtual outdoor worlds to deliver threat-relevant,near-peer-level training scenarios.It’s much more than an augmented reality helmet—it's rethinking the entire pilot training and readiness experience. Links• Sign up for the newsletter! • Support us on Patreon!• Red 6 homepage• Red 6 LinkedIn• Red 6 IG• Red6CEO IG ---- Follow us on...• LinkedIn• Instagram• X• Facebook• Website ---- 00:0000:42 intro01:41 origin story05:22 thesis of Red 606:17 co-founder meeting10:43 lack of adversaries to train against16:03 realism that gets missed17:58 surface threats21:03 progress and iteration25:25 all of the technical challenges27:20 suspension of disbelief30:37 replacing helmet-mounted cueing32:09 Enders Game34:18 the Red 6 name35:59 UK Royal Air Force38:33 manned + unmanned45:08 validating tactics and training51:34 quality vs quantity training54:30 the technology is coming55:21 flying 56:43 the chief morale officer
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