⊲ Halldale ⊳ US Company Mass Virtual and the US Army have collaborated to create an XR-equipped classroom for aerial intelligence training at Fort Bliss. The initiative addresses gaps in...
Year: 2025
Rail Training Goes Virtual
⊲ Transport for Wales ⊳ Transport for Wales (TfW) reports it is the first UK train operator to introduce VR-based training for front-line staff, using a simulation of the new Class 197 trains....
Practising for Nuclear Armageddon
⊲ Business Insider ⊳ At the National Museum of the US Air Force, visitors can see a Cold War-era Minuteman II missile procedures trainer once used to prepare crews for launching nuclear weapons....
Simulation Weekly News
⊲Last Week's Sim NewsSummary ⊳In a significant development for predictive modelling, Google's DeepMind announced its "Weather Lab" AI model demonstrated superior accuracy in short-range forecasts...
Enhancing XR Battery Life & Accuracy
⊲ New Electronics ⊳ VoxelSensors, a Belgian company, is collaborating with Qualcomm to improve its depth sensing technology, known as Single Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES), for XR...
China’s Transparent Tank Armour & Eye Targeting
⊲ Defence Blog ⊳ China is developing AR headsets for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision and overlaid data via a transparent HUD. Tested on the ZTZ-201 tank, the...
Digital Twin Reveals Hidden Battery Issues
⊲ pv magazine ⊳ A collaboration between Brussels-based 3E and the Free University of Brussels (VUB), under an EU-funded project, revealed that relying solely on battery management systems (BMS) may...
Incoming Samsung XR to Rival Apple
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan, is expected to launch at Galaxy Unpacked on 29 September 2025, with South Korean sales starting 13 October before a wider...
China’s Brain-Tech Strategy
⊲ Wired ⊳ China has unveiled a five-year plan co-authored by seven ministries to boost brain-computer interface (BCI) development, aiming for core breakthroughs by 2027 and global competitiveness...
AI Challenges Physics in Weather Simulation
⊲ Ars Technica ⊳ Google’s DeepMind “Weather Lab” AI model delivered the most accurate short-range forecasts for Hurricane Erin, this year’s strongest Atlantic storm. Over 72 hours it outperformed...
Bohemia’s Simulation for Canadian Forces
⊲ Defence Industry Europe ⊳ Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), part of BAE Systems, has announced that after a competitive evaluation process it has won a five-year enterprise licence to...
AR Emojis Tackle Road Rage
⊲ Vice ⊳ XPeng, a Chinese electric car company, has introduced the “Road Rage Reliever,” an AR system that projects emojis like angry faces or running shoes onto the road via the windshield....