Ben's MVIS Podcast Ep. 34: "Virtual Infrastructure"

Ben's MicroVision Podcast Episode 34: "Virtual Infrastructure"

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Episode 34 focuses on Virtual Infrastructure and why sensor fusion is becoming the dominant model for how perception is deployed in defense, security, and industrial systems.

Rather than relying on fixed towers, roadside hardware, or permanently installed sensors, Virtual Infrastructure delivers perception as a mobile, on demand capability. Sensors move with the mission. Compute moves to the edge. Coverage exists when and where it is required, not where concrete was poured years earlier.

We walk through how LiDAR, Vision and Radar sensing combined with onboard processing create resilient perception in environments where lighting, weather, clutter, and electronic interference defeat single sensor approaches. Fusion is not a feature. It is the architecture.

A core segment of the episode examines Scantinel’s published report to the German government detailing performance under a state funded grant program. These documents are rare. They reveal how a real system performed, what was measured, what mattered to government evaluators, and where limits were encountered. We discuss what this report tells us about European sensing priorities, operational expectations, and how governments assess value in perception systems.

All of this is framed through the POV.OS concept. Perception is treated as an operating system for the physical world, abstracting hardware into a software defined capability that can be deployed across drones, vehicles, and fixed or temporary platforms.

Topics covered:
• What Virtual Infrastructure means in real deployments
• Why sensor fusion is required for reliable perception
• The role of LiDAR in multi sensor architectures
• Key insights from Scantinel’s German government report
• What government grants reveal about procurement priorities
• Perception as a software defined operating system

This episode is intended for listeners interested in defense and ISR, autonomy, industrial safety, and the future of spatial intelligence.

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