⊲ Thurrott ⊳ Valve has opened waitlist sign-ups for its Steam Frame XR headset, pricing the 256GB base model at $1059/£889/€1049 and a 1TB version at $1299/£1089/€1279. The wireless device runs...
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Virtual Worlds Accelerate Robot Learning
⊲ BBC News ⊳ UK start-up Vsim, founded in 2022 by Lu and Storey after early work on Nvidia's Isaac Sim, uses high-speed GPU-optimised simulation to train robots in minutes rather than days. Its...
Digital World Preserves WW1 Battlefield
⊲ Popular Science ⊳ Virginia Tech’s ARIES team is turning archaeological records from Belgium’s Dig Hill 80 into an immersive virtual experience. The First World War trench site was excavated...
Snap’s “Wearable Computer”AR Glasses
⊲ Engadget ⊳ Snap has launched Specs, standalone AR glasses priced at $2,195 that replicate much of a mixed reality headset's functionality without a separate puck, controller or tethered...
Meta’s Camera-Free Smart Glasses?
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Meta is reportedly developing camera-free smart glasses, codenamed Luna, in two styles called Clubmaster and Burbank, according to The Information. Lacking cameras, the wearables...
UK MoD Buys Drone & Mission Training Tools
⊲ OneArc ⊳ The UK Ministry of Defence has procured FlowState and SceneCast licences for its Defence Virtual Simulation 2 (DVS2) framework, adding OneArc's tools to a wider set of FPV training...
Meta’s Slimmer Headset Images Leaked
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Images of Meta's Project Phoenix mixed reality headset have leaked ahead of its expected unveiling at Meta Connect on 23 and 24 September. Serial leaker Luna found firmware footage...
Eye Tracking Measures Pilot Airmanship
⊲ Varjo ⊳ UK training technology company Cineon’s TACET-M was trialled with RAF trainee pilots at RAF Cranwell, combining Varjo XR-4 mixed reality headsets, eye tracking and AI to assess...
Simulation Connects Pacific Fighting Forces
⊲ Halldale ⊳ U.S. joint and combined forces trained together in a live, virtual and constructive environment during Valiant Shield 2026, held from 22 June to 1 July. Live pilots, virtual simulators...
USAF Orders $45.3 million 747-8i Simulator
⊲ Luxurylaunches ⊳ The US Air Force has awarded CAE USA in a sole source $45.3 million contract to install a Level D full-flight simulator for the Boeing 747-8i at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The...
Training and Simulation Get Spatial Audio Standard
⊲ audioXpress ⊳ MPEG-I Immersive Audio brings standardised 6DoF sound to VR, AR and mixed reality through compressed scene metadata and a normative renderer. It models geometry, materials,...
AI Navigates Complex Interactive Virtual Environments
⊲ Tom's Hardware ⊳ An enthusiast known as CozyBlaze has demonstrated OpenAI's latest GPT-6 Astra model completing Valve's puzzle game Portal entirely autonomously, using Model Context Protocol...