⊲ Engineering.com ⊳ AI is accelerating the push to make engineering simulation tools more accessible to non-experts by abstracting their technical complexity. Malcolm Panthaki, co-founder of...
Year: 2025
MassXR Earns US Navy Recognition
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Mass Virtual has won the US Navy’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard XR Prize Challenge for its immersive fire-response training solution, MassXR. Designed for high-risk scenarios, the...
XR and Private 5G Boosts Creative Teams
⊲ VIVE Blog ⊳ HTC’s 5G tech subsidiary G REIGNS and Nissan have introduced a 5G-enabled VR system that allows secure, real-time collaboration on high-resolution vehicle designs. Combining a private...
Meta’s AR Tipping Point?
⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Meta has unveiled three new pairs of AI smart glasses, including the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which features a built-in augmented reality display. These glasses project a colour...
Simulation May Outpace Automation in Business AI
⊲ TechRadar Pro ⊳ AI in business is often used to automate tasks, but this article argues its true potential lies in simulation. By modelling complex environments with simulated populations,...
Next-Gen 5th-Gen Simulator Unveiled
⊲ Airforce Technology ⊳ JFJ Aviation & Defence and Vrgineers are collaborating on an unrestricted fifth-generation fighter simulator that uses mixed reality technology to deliver training. The...
Simulation Weekly News
⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In digital communication, Synthesia, a UK company, continues to innovate with its Express-2 update, providing lifelike AI avatars that exhibit nuanced gestures,...
Ireland’s Disease Model Praised Internationally
⊲ TechCentral.ie ⊳ Researchers at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in Ireland have won the Jay Wright Forrester Award for their paper “An age‑cohort simulation model for generating Covid‑19...
Amazon Joins AR Wearables Race
⊲ WebProNews ⊳ Amazon is developing “Jayhawk” AR glasses aimed at consumers and logistics staff. The consumer model features full-colour displays, Alexa, cameras, mics and speakers. A second...
US Army Operational AR Lives On
⊲ The Register ⊳ The US Army has relaunched its augmented reality headset initiative with $354 million in contracts to Anduril and Rivet Industries for its Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC)...
Rafale Defeats F-35 in Live Simulation
⊲ FLYING ⊳ During NATO's Trident Atlantic 25 exercise in June over Finland, a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet achieved a simulated kill against a U.S. F-35A. The French Air and Space Force...
AR Drives Higher Manufacturing Quality
⊲ Automation.com ⊳ This piece outlines tangible benefits of augmented reality (AR) in manufacturing, highlighting measurable improvements such as higher efficiency, fewer errors, and shorter...