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What is the difference between Night vision and Infrared?

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G. Tanaka

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G. Tanaka, Dentist, MDS, Liverpool

Answered Oct 13, 2020

Night vision google works by collecting the little amount of light available and amplifying it so that it can be discerned by the naked eye while infrared is a new technology that works with the night vision goggles.

The infrared glasses depend upon infrared waves that are emitted by anything that has heat. The night vision detects visible light while the infrared detects radiated heat.

They are very good at spotting a hidden object or an object that is not clear. Night vision needs some amount of light to amplify objects while the infrared doesn’t need light. The night vision google can be affected by a bright light while the infrared can be countered by cooling. The infrared vision glass is better for camouflaged targets than the night vision.

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C. Perez

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C. Perez, Writer, Writer, Cleveland

Answered Oct 13, 2020

Night vision and Infrared goggles are two technologies used mostly in the military by soldiers to aid their visions. One of the major differences between night vision goggles and infrared goggles is the mechanism that allows them to function. Night vision goggles rely greatly on the presence of light, meaning no matter how little the available light is, they will still work.

What they do is that they magnify the light so that the entire area covered by the light can be clearly seen by the naked eye. In contrast, infrared goggles use very different technology. Infrared goggles will work perfectly on anything that emits heat.

This means this technology is based majorly on the infrared waves produced when a body emits heat. One of the advantages of infrared goggles overnight vision goggles is that the former can still be used even with no light, whereas night vision goggles are totally useless if there's no light.

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Answered Oct 12, 2020

Night vision and infrared are two types of goggles that can be worn. The difference between them is indicated in the name of the goggles. Night vision goggles are worn at night, when there is little light available. These goggles work by taking the light that is there and expanding it.

Through this expansion, it helps the eyes under the goggles to see through the dark area. If there is no light available, night vision goggles are unable to work. Infrared goggles use infrared waves. They are related to night vision goggles, because they are the newest technology that is used in those goggles.

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C.Charlotte

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Answered Feb 17, 2020

Night vision goggles work by accumulating what little amount of light is available and expanding it so that the naked eye can see it. Infrared is a new technology engaged with night vision goggles. Infrared goggles depend upon infrared waves that are emitted by anything that releases heat.

The difference in the temperatures between objects provides the contrast to distinguish between different things. Because night vision goggles magnify available light that bounces off something, no light indicates no magnified image. Since infrared goggles do not depend on ambient light, they do not pose the same problem.

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