Category: Technology

Simulation Weekly News

⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ The Accelerated AR RaceThe competition in spatial computing hardware is escalating. Amazon is advancing in the AR market, developing both "Jayhawk" consumer AR...

XR and Private 5G Boosts Creative Teams

⊲ VIVE Blog ⊳ HTC’s 5G tech subsidiary G REIGNS and Nissan have introduced a 5G-enabled VR system that allows secure, real-time collaboration on high-resolution vehicle designs. Combining a private...

Meta’s AR Tipping Point?

⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Meta has unveiled three new pairs of AI smart glasses, including the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which features a built-in augmented reality display. These glasses project a colour...

Simulation May Outpace Automation in Business AI

⊲ TechRadar Pro ⊳ AI in business is often used to automate tasks, but this article argues its true potential lies in simulation. By modelling complex environments with simulated populations,...

Simulation Weekly News

⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In digital communication, Synthesia, a UK company, continues to innovate with its Express-2 update, providing lifelike AI avatars that exhibit nuanced gestures,...

Amazon Joins AR Wearables Race

⊲ WebProNews ⊳ Amazon is developing “Jayhawk” AR glasses aimed at consumers and logistics staff. The consumer model features full-colour displays, Alexa, cameras, mics and speakers. A second...

US Army Operational AR Lives On

⊲ The Register ⊳ The US Army has relaunched its augmented reality headset initiative with $354 million in contracts to Anduril and Rivet Industries for its Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC)...

AR Drives Higher Manufacturing Quality

⊲ Automation.com ⊳ This piece outlines tangible benefits of augmented reality (AR) in manufacturing, highlighting measurable improvements such as higher efficiency, fewer errors, and shorter...

AI Avatar Clones Speak & Act Naturally

⊲ MIT Technology Review ⊳ The UK's Synthesia company, founded in 2017, has steadily advanced from simple voice-dubbing avatars to expressive, full-body AI presenters. Its latest update, Express‑2,...

RoboBallet Turns Code Into Choreography

⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ UCL, DeepMind and Intrinsic have unveiled RoboBallet, an AI that synchronises robotic arms using reinforcement learning and graph neural networks. By running countless...

AI Lowers Barriers to Game Building

⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Roblox is strengthening its AI toolkit to make 3D development more fluid. Beyond generating static assets, creators will soon be able to build fully functional objects, beginning...

Simulation Weekly News

⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In the military, China is developing AR capabilities for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision, overlaid data, and enabling gunners to aim...