⊲ Auganix ⊳ Industrial-grade XR hardware and software provider Varjo has installed a full-scale F/A-18C/E cockpit replica from Dogfight Boss at its Helsinki headquarters. The mixed-reality setup...
Author: Simulation News Curator
Chasing the Visual Turing Test
⊲ Meta Blog ⊳ Meta’s Reality Labs Research will unveil two VR prototypes at SIGGRAPH 2025. Tiramisu, by the Optics, Photonics, and Light Systems (OPALS) team, achieves 90 PPD, 1,400 nits, and...
Troops’ Untethered Operational Training
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ Soldiers from the UK's 6 Regiment (RLC) have undertaken operational training using an untethered, free-roam VR system called AVRT (Adaptive Virtual Reality Training). The system...
Towards AI-Generated Interactive Simulation
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 creates interactive 3D game-like environments in real time from text prompts. Unlike its predecessor, Genie 2, which allowed only brief interactions, Genie 3...
Neuralink Trials Hit The UK
⊲ Reuters ⊳ Neuralink will begin a UK clinical study with the University College London Hospitals trust and Newcastle Hospitals to test brain implants that help people with severe paralysis control...
Flight School Starts at Home
⊲ Sustainability Times ⊳ Trak Racer, an Australian company known for high-end sim racing gear, has teamed up with Airbus to create the TR6 Flight Simulator, a rugged and ergonomic platform designed...
In-Cockpit Simulation for Typhoon
⊲ Aerospace Global News ⊳ A new AI system, Rattlesnaq, developed by Swedish firm Avioniq and trialled by BAE Systems, equips the Eurofighter Typhoon with predictive threat mapping. It models...
Lightning’s Origins Traced in Simulation
⊲ Live Science ⊳ A recent simulation study shows how cosmic rays from space trigger a cascading electron avalanche in thunderclouds, producing X‑rays and gamma rays that precede and spark lightning...
Warfighters See Through Skin
⊲ Army AL&T Magazine ⊳The US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) has created an augmented reality tool for IVAS goggles that lets medics and corpsmen overlay 3D...
AI Makes Holograms Look Real
⊲ Phys.org ⊳ A new 3D headset is enabling highly realistic holograms powered by AI, without the need for special glasses. Developed by researchers at Stanford and Meta, the headset uses a...
US Army’s Whole World Simulation
⊲ Defence Today ⊳ Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a subsidiary of BAE Systems, has secured a contract modification from the US Army to roll out Virtual Battlespace 4 (VBS4) as part of its...
Next Computing Platform – Smart Glasses
⊲ PYMNTS ⊳ Global eyewear leader EssilorLuxottica has reported a significant increase in sales of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which rose by over 200% in the first half of the year. The company...