⊲ CNET ⊳ Google Earth's flight simulator, a hidden Easter egg buried in its desktop app since 2007, is now freely available to all users via web browser with no download required. Anyone can open...
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Snap Launches Premium Smart Glasses
⊲ BBC News ⊳ Snap has unveiled Specs, augmented reality glasses priced at £1,995 in the UK and $2,195 in the US, marking the company's return to consumer hardware a decade after its original...
Neural Interface Expands XR Capabilities
⊲ UploadVR ⊳ PiEEG XR is a Quest 3 facial interface replacement that uses biosignal sensors rather than cameras to add expression and control options in VR. Designed for developers, researchers and...
XR in Support of Human-Machine Teaming
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Researchers at Bowling Green State University and NYU Tandon have found that augmented reality can help people better anticipate robot behaviour in shared spaces. By displaying a...
Simulators for Formula 1 and Beyond
⊲ Autosport ⊳ The UK's Bristol-based Dynisma Motion Generators, founded in 2017 by former McLaren and Ferrari engineer Ash Warne, supplies simulators to up to half the Formula 1 grid, including...
AR That Thinks Ahead
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Fiona Ryan, a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, is advancing AR technology by developing a method to predict user gaze in 3D environments. Unlike current AR devices that react to gaze,...
Lockheed Seeks to Unify NATO M&S
⊲ Breaking Defense ⊳ This Lockheed Martin sponsored piece argues that NATO's simulation and experimentation capability remains fragmented, with member states relying on legacy tools and separate...
Cheating with Smart Glasses
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Concerns have been raised over students using smart glasses, hidden earpieces and other connected devices to cheat in exams. UK regulator Ofqual warns that rapidly advancing...
AI Vision Guides Drone Flights
⊲ The Drone Front ⊳ Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp has introduced AIxVNAV, an AI-powered navigation system that enables drones to operate when GPS signals are unavailable or...
AI and Simulation Meet on Your Desk
⊲ NVIDIA ⊳ NVIDIA and Microsoft have unveiled RTX Spark, a superchip designed to shift Windows PCs from simple tools to digital teammates capable of assisting with work, content creation and...
Accessible Flight Simulator On Tour
⊲ Royal Aeronautical Society ⊳ The Falcon 2 programme's mobile full-motion flight simulator has been created to give young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities,...
AI Turns Street View into Virtual Worlds
⊲ Pulse 2.0 ⊳ Google DeepMind has expanded Project Genie, its experimental world model platform, by integrating Google Street View imagery to let users generate interactive virtual environments...
Hands On Android XR Glasses
⊲ Android Central ⊳ Writer Derrek Lee tried two Android XR display glasses at Google I/O 2026: Xreal's Project Aura and Google's monocular prototype used as the reference design for Samsung's...
XR Powers “The Human as a Weapons System”
⊲ MIT Technology Review ⊳ Anduril and Meta are prototyping augmented-reality smart glasses for the US Army under a $159 million contract, aiming to optimise "the human as a weapons system." Two...
Wireless Earbuds Gain Visual Awareness
⊲ Gizmodo ⊳ Researchers at the University of Washington have built VueBuds, the first system to fit tiny cameras inside off-the-shelf wireless earbuds, allowing users to ask an AI about whatever...
Meta Opens Smart Glasses to Developers
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Meta is updating its Ray-Ban Display glasses with virtual handwriting for all users, powered by the neural wristband. The feature works across WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram and phone...