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The US Army experimented with digital camouflage as early as the 1970s. (lemmy.world)
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https://www.militarytrader.com/mv-101/dual-texture-gradient-camouflage-pattern

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My current view is that either the people running the tests only wanted a camo that blended perfectly into piles of gravel and old lady couches and absolutely nothing else, or they had legally blind people performing the tests. I strongly doubt this link will change my mind but I'll give it a shot.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The TLDR is the focus of the design was entirely on defeating NIR, at the expense of other considerations.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It was somehow worse than I thought.