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.

All Delivery Drivers to Wear Smart Glasses?

⊲ ZDNet ⊳ Amazon is looking to equip delivery drivers with smart glasses to assist with package location and safety. Unveiled at the "Delivering the Future" event, these AI-powered glasses assist...

Air Ambulance Operator’s VR Simulator

⊲ Vertical Mag ⊳ PHI Air Medical, which conducts over 22,500 transports annually, has become the first air ambulance operator in the Americas to adopt Loft Dynamics' full-motion virtual reality...

Mini Screen Reaches Eye Resolution

⊲ New Atlas ⊳ Swedish researchers have developed a groundbreaking screen, termed "retina e-paper," that mimics the human pupil's size and achieves over 25,000 pixels per inch, comparable to the...

Samsung Challenges Apple Vision Pro

⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset enters the spatial computing race with a notably lower price point than Apple’s Vision Pro. Weighing 536g and powered by Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chip, it...

Ordinary Monitor Becomes VR Portal

⊲ The Debrief ⊳ The article reports on Portalgraph, a headset‑free display technology by Beleve Vision that can convert ordinary screens (TVs, projectors, monitors) into interactive 3D/VR‑style...

Smart Glasses Fuel Eyewear Giant’s Growth

⊲ CNBC ⊳ EssilorLuxottica reported an 11.7% year-on-year revenue rise to €6.9 billion in Q3 2025, driven in part by strong demand for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The wearable tech partnership...

Simulation Weekly News

In military technology, Anduril unveiled the EagleEye XR headset, a replacement for Microsoft’s IVAS, designed to overlay real-time battlefield data and convert the soldier into an AI-supported...

French Military Eyes Unreal Future

⊲ Halldale ⊳ France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces has received two EF-Truck simulators from Exail, marking the first such deployment to the Operational Energy Service. These mixed-reality systems...

Simulation Essential For Port Workforces

⊲ Seatrade Maritime News ⊳ Simulation training in ports has shifted from 'nice to have' to an essential capability in maritime port workforce development. Operators are using high-fidelity...

AI Transforms Modelling & Simulation

⊲ Institution of Mechanical Engineers ⊳ The article describes how AI is reshaping simulation and modelling by enabling high-fidelity digital twins that mirror real systems, blending data types like...

Digital Human Twin Employees

⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Startup Viven has secured $35m to create “digital twins” of employees by analysing their internal documents (emails, Slack, Google Docs). Viven aims to enhance workplace...