⊲ Fortune ⊳ Augmented reality glasses are raising privacy alarms as their constant data collection, via cameras, microphones, and GPS, often happens without users’ full awareness. Experts warn...
Category: Health
XR Hand Gestures May Exclude Millions
⊲ University of Bath ⊳ Virtual and augmented reality systems that rely on hand gestures like pinching, swiping or tapping may unintentionally exclude people with limited hand mobility due to...
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...
Simulation Weekly News
In last week's Simulation News we saw that the Bundeswehr approved Rheinmetall’s VBS4 Puma Simulator, a modular system featuring full-size replica cabins for realistic operational practice,...
Ireland’s Disease Model Praised Internationally
⊲ TechCentral.ie ⊳ Researchers at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in Ireland have won the Jay Wright Forrester Award for their paper “An age‑cohort simulation model for generating Covid‑19...
China’s Brain-Tech Strategy
⊲ Wired ⊳ China has unveiled a five-year plan co-authored by seven ministries to boost brain-computer interface (BCI) development, aiming for core breakthroughs by 2027 and global competitiveness...
AR May Transform Medicine
⊲ Dove Medical Press ⊳ This review examines the evaluation of AR head-mounted devices (HMDs) in healthcare, highlighting their applications in surgery, rehabilitation, and medical training. Key...
VR, AR, AI Reshape Med‑Edu
⊲ Intelligent Living ⊳ The article discusses the evolving landscape of medical education, particularly in regenerative medicine, where traditional teaching methods are becoming inadequate. To...
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...
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...
Remote Connected XR Augments the Workplace
⊲ The Guardian ⊳ A TeamViewer-sponsored report explores how the digital revolution is reshaping work through immersive technologies. Many firms, including DHL and Coca‑Cola HBC, now use AR tools to...
$20M Invested in Modelling & Simulation
⊲ Tech.eu ⊳ Skyral, a British startup founded in June 2023, has raised $20 million in funding to enhance its AI-driven digital twin technology, which helps simulate complex systems for...