⊲ 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...
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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...