This article was taken from the December 2014 issue of WIRED
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After a generation of modern-day conflicts, Call of Duty is
launching an assault on the future. "We decided at the beginning
that we weren't going to do science fiction," says Glen Schofield,
head of California-based developer Sledgehammer Games.
"We were doing science."
For Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer consulted with futurists and
advisers from MIT and the Pentagon to extrapolate the game's tech
from existing prototypes. Developers initially questioned the
realism of a tank with unfolding legs -- until they saw a prototype
during a research trip to Nasa.
Central to the game is the exosuit (left), which lets players
run faster, jump further and hit harder. But just like exoskeletons
in real-world warfare, it forced Sledgehammer into a rethink. "We
designed a level or two like the old days and realised it wasn't
going to work. The design and gameplay all have to change." Take
note, military strategists.
Exoskeleton
Inspired by Lockheed Martin's Human Universal Load Carrier.
Sledgehammer consulted with UC Berkeley on its design.
Air Hud
The game's head-up display is based on helmets
used by the US military's Future Force Warrior
project.
Weaponry
The game's directed-energy weapons are influenced
by Lockheed Martin's Area Defense Anti-Munitions.
Threat Grenade
Darpa has funded movement- and image-recognition systems
that can spot targets using an image database.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is out now for Xbox One, Xbox
360, PS4 and PS3
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Call of Duty's military muscle isn't as fictional as you think
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