⊲ Critical Hit ⊳ This article argues that the current state of immersive hardware reveals a mix of technical progress and market hurdles. While new headsets offer impressive visuals, high costs and...
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Holograms Coming To Your Phone
⊲ Earth.com ⊳ Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a compact optical device capable of projecting detailed holograms using light from a single OLED pixel, moving closer to...
Simulation Games of 2025
⊲ TheSixthAxis ⊳ The article from The Sixth Axis announces the winner of the Game of the Year 2025 for the strategy and simulation category, which is "Jurassic World Evolution 3." This game is...
Thales adds Drones to Live Training System
⊲ Zona Militar ⊳ Thales has introduced an upgraded version of its Land Live Training (LLT) simulator, integrating drone capabilities to enhance military training and monitoring. This system,...
XR and Robotics Converge
⊲ Hackster.io ⊳ Professional VR developer Ludic Worlds has developed a robot that utilises a Meta Quest 3 headset as its central processing unit, capitalising on the headset's advanced sensors and...
RAF Distributed Simulation Contract Extended
⊲ Royal Air Force ⊳ The Royal Air Force has awarded Boeing Defence UK a £16.9 million, two-year extension to 2028 to sustain the Gladiator simulation training system until 2028. Originally awarded...
Cross-Platform Digital Identity
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Netflix has acquired Ready Player Me, a developer of cross-platform avatar technology used widely in games and virtual environments. The deal signals Netflix’s intent to strengthen...
Stanford Builds Virtual Society
⊲ Stanford Graduate School of Business ⊳ Researchers at Stanford have created a virtual world with 20,000 AI-powered agents to conduct behavioural experiments, replicating an earlier Facebook study...
Building an Open Virtual Universe
⊲ Medium ⊳ The article discusses the public beta launch of RP1, an initiative aimed at creating an open metaverse. It comprises three main components: a world/game server for hosting a "spatial...
AI Drives Simulation and Robotics Convergence
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ AI and simulation startup Runway has launched its first world model, GWM-1, which uses image frame-by-frame prediction to simulate real-world physics and behaviour. This model is...
Air Force Accelerates Wargaming
⊲ Defense News ⊳ The U.S. Air Force is developing an AI-powered system called WarMatrix to enhance wargaming capabilities, aiming for simulations that run up to 10,000 times faster than real-time...
EU Invests €200 million in Virtual Worlds
⊲ European Commission ⊳ The European Commission has launched a European Partnership on Virtual Worlds under Horizon Europe to coordinate research, innovation and deployment of immersive...