⊲ Reuters ⊳ Project Genie, Google's latest artificial intelligence project, recently triggered a notable decline in video game company shares. This new technology combines Google's Genie 3, Nano...
Year: 2026
CAE Supports Taiwan’s F-16 Training
⊲ Defense Mirror ⊳ CAE USA has received a Phase II contract to continue supporting F-16 Block 70 training simulators for the Taiwan Air Force under the US Foreign Military Sales programme. The...
Advanced Vehicle Simulator Accelerates Autonomous Testing
⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ Graz University of Technology and Magna have launched a highly advanced driving simulator at the Advanced Driving Simulation Center. This facility enables engineers to...
Quiet VR Workspaces Gain Momentum
⊲ Polygon ⊳ Meta has invested heavily in developing a digital universe, spending billions without success as yet, whilst a small team has launched "On-Together: Virtual Coworking" on Steam, which...
Apple Expands Human Sensing Tech
⊲ Financial Times ⊳ Apple has acquired Israeli start-up Q.AI for nearly $2 billion, marking its second-largest acquisition. Q.AI's technology interprets facial expressions for "silent speech,"...
DeepMind Models 4 Dimensional Perception
⊲ Google DeepMind Blog ⊳ Google DeepMind have announced D4RT, a research model designed to help AI systems understand how three-dimensional scenes change over time. By learning from video, depth...
Level D and XR Based Simulators Coexist
⊲ Vertical Magazine ⊳The article describes how European helicopter training providers are balancing traditional simulators with new virtual and mixed reality systems to meet diverse operator needs...
Google Acquires 2D-to-3D AI Modelling Startup
⊲ AICerts ⊳ Google has acquired Cambridge-based (US) AI startup Common Sense Machines (CSM) to strengthen its spatial computing and 3D mapping abilities. It brings CSM's team and 2D-to-3D AI...
U.S. Navy’s Portable VR-Based Trainer
⊲ Halldale ⊳ The U.S. Navy has demonstrated a portable virtual reality bridge training system aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, confirming its use in live operational conditions. The Virtual Bridge...
XR Beyond Sight & Sound
⊲ Computer Weekly ⊳ The article explores how virtual worlds are beginning to better mirror real-world experience by engaging more human senses than sight and sound alone. It describes how haptics,...
European Headset Challenges US Domination
⊲ Igor'sLAB ⊳ Stan Larroque and Lynx launch the R2 headset, offering a sovereign European path for mixed reality. This hardware avoids the mandatory data tracking seen in dominant American...
Cutting-Edge Immersive Platform
⊲ ST Engineering Antycip ⊳ Antycip has upgraded the University of Lille’s TORE (The Open Reality Experience) immersive environment with enhanced 4K projection, advanced calibration and modern...