ARTAK

Overview

The Augmented Reality Team Awareness Kit (ARTAK) is a mixed reality multi-domain joint planning and command & control (“C2”) platform. ARTAK synchronizes planning and C2 activities across echelons, domains, and warfighting functions by bringing command and staff together into a single digital decision environment, where they can create, ingest, and view near real-time 3D maps and sensor data while planning and commanding missions. ARTAK software is device agnostic, allowing it to run across the full spectrum of virtualization hardware, including AR, VR, Tablet, Phone, Laptop, and PC devices.

My contribution

As the primary Unity engineer on ARTAK, I led development of the application from an early prototype into an award-winning production platform deployed to users around the world. I architected and developed large-scale multi-user systems capable of synchronizing dozens of users and thousands of objects within a shared session, along with XR interaction systems incorporating gesture and motion control, image and object tracking, and real-time environment meshing.

Throughout development, I worked closely with customers to understand operational requirements and translate them into technical solutions and new product capabilities. ARTAK ultimately became a commercially successful platform associated with more than $10 million in sales and received Unity’s 2022 Government & Aerospace Creator Award for Best XR Mission Planning Platform.