⊲ 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...
Author: Andy Fawkes
Andy Fawkes curates Simulation News. He is Special Correspondent for Military Simulation & Training (MS&T), co-chair of NATO MSG-234 on Training Data, and co-author of "The Military Metaverse." He also publishes r2.news, covering military drones, uncrewed systems and AI.
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...
Manhattan Rebuilt Inside Unreal From Photos
⊲ Something Big Is Happening ⊳ Matt Shumer, AI entrepreneur and investor, has used AI to rebuild Manhattan and his childhood neighbourhood, together with a playable zombie survival game, in Unreal...
Static Staffing as Simulator Fleet Grows Fivefold
⊲ U.S. Government Accountability Office ⊳ A new GAO report finds that the number of flight simulators under Federal Aviation Administration oversight has grown by more than 500 percent since 1990,...
Aechelon’s Nucleus and Nexus Sharpen Mission Training
⊲ Shield AI ⊳ Shield AI's Aechelon business has outlined how its visual simulation tools support military flight training. Aechelon Nucleus generates correlated out-the-window and sensor views,...