⊲ DVIDS ⊳ A set of photos illustrating how the US Army are using XR in various forms to improve its maintenance and training. Soldiers from the 1st Field Artillery Regiment are among those...
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China’s Smart Glasses Industry Matures
⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Sylvan Shen reports on China's rapidly maturing smart glasses industry. Brands such as RayNeo, XREAL, Rokid and Alibaba's Qwen Glasses are competing across three product...
Sony AI Serves Robotics Milestone
⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Sony AI's robot Ace has beaten elite table tennis players in matches played under official competition rules, winning three out of five against elite amateurs but losing both...
Simulation, Training and Operations Converge
⊲ Halldale ⊳ ITEC 2026, held at ExCeL London in April, brought together military practitioners, NATO officials and industry against the backdrop of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Air...
Rapid Simulation Terrain from Drone Surveys
⊲ OneArc ⊳ BAE Systems OneArc has signed a global reseller agreement with Skyline Software to bundle PhotoMesh into its SceneCast solution, creating an end-to-end workflow from drone survey to...
VR-Based Drone Countermeasure Training
⊲ DSEI Gateway ⊳ Australian company Operator XR, founded in 2021, unveiled its 'Interceptor' counter-drone training platform at ITEC 2026 in London. The virtual reality system trains military and...
$60m Simulation Startup Targets Physical AI
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ New York's Develop autonomy at the speed of software startup Antioch, has raised an $8.5 million seed round at a $60 million valuation to build simulation tools for robot developers....
SME Partnership Advances Military Simulation
⊲ DSEI Gateway ⊳ Finnish VR/XR hardware maker Varjo and Irish simulation data company VRAI announced a joint military training platform at ITEC 2026 in London. The system combines Varjo's mixed...
AI Reducing the Gaming Pipeline
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ TechCrunch reports that Roblox has upgraded its AI Assistant with agentic features that help developers plan, build and test games in Roblox Studio. Planning Mode can review code and...
A Single Photo Becomes a Simulation
⊲ The Decoder ⊳ The article reports that Nvidia’s Lyra 2.0 turns a single photo into a coherent 3D scene that can extend about 90 metres, with improved memory of earlier views and better resistance...
XR Lowering Barriers to Effective Training
⊲ Metaverse VR ⊳ Metaverse VR explains how AR and VR can help instructors make professional training more inclusive by giving trainees visual, practical and repeatable ways to learn. Drawing on...
Surreal VR’s Greater Emotional Impact
⊲ AV Interactive ⊳ The article says virtual reality has greater emotional force when it ignores real-world rules rather than chasing strict realism. Drawing on a longitudinal study of home headset...