⊲ The Valley Vanguard ⊳ Zhejiang University has installed CHIEF1900, claimed as the world's most powerful gravity centrifuge, in Hangzhou to simulate extreme gravitational forces. This facility...
Year: 2026
Virtual Commissioning at Industrial Scale
⊲ Siemens ⊳ Siemens has unveiled Digital Twin Composer, a new software offering designed to help organisations build and operate industrial simulation environments. Launched at CES 2026, the tool...
Smart Glasses Demand Outstrips Production
⊲ Engadget ⊳ Meta is postponing the planned international launch of its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, delaying availability in countries such as the UK, France, Italy and Canada. As VR/MR headset...
Audio Augmented Reality
⊲ WIRED ⊳ Modern audio technology now moves beyond silencing the world to selectively filtering it. Advanced earbuds use spatial processing and artificial intelligence to isolate specific human...
NVIDIA Unveils Open-Source Automotive Simulations and Tools
⊲ NVIDIA Newsroom ⊳ NVIDIA unveiled on 5 January the Alpamayo family of open-source AI models, simulation tools and datasets to support autonomous vehicle development. The core...
VR/MR Headset Sales Faltered in 2025
⊲ The Register ⊳ In 2025, Apple faced significant challenges with its Vision Pro VR/MR headset, shipping only 45,000 units after halting production for the first three quarters. This marked a steep...
Chinese GPUs Challenge Global Leaders?
⊲ How-To Geek ⊳ Chinese tech firms are making strides in graphics card development, aiming to challenge the current market leaders. China’s latest domestically developed GPUs signal ambition...
Neuralink Moves to Mass Production
⊲ Livemint ⊳ Elon Musk has said Neuralink aims to begin high-volume production of brain-computer interface devices in 2026 and shift the surgical implant process to a mostly automated system. The...
Advanced Warfighter AR Optics Order
⊲ Rochester Business Journal ⊳ Syntec Optics recently secured a follow-on contract to supply essential micro-display components for a major defence augmented reality system and supports advanced...
10 Years of XR Foreseen and Reviewed
⊲ Heise Online ⊳ Reviewing Jesse Schell’s 2015 predictions reveals a decade where technical milestones often outpaced market growth. While he correctly foresaw the shift to standalone systems and...