⊲ VoxelMatters ⊳ Wraith Systems has expanded production of its F-35 desktop Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick pilot training system by adopting 3D printing, raising output to 75 units each month while...
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Major Change in Aviation Training and Simulation
⊲ Halldale ⊳ The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has introduced a new regulatory framework for flight simulation training devices, moving from fixed types and levels to a...
A Decade On: Revisiting the Simulation Singularity
Spotlight by Andy Fawkes "Will there be a world where the simulation may be just as good as the real world?" That's the rather grand question I put to a lunchtime crowd at London's Digital...
Educational Design Beats Immersion
⊲ Cureus ⊳ US Researchers tested a new model for judging how well virtual reality, augmented reality and handheld ultrasound training work together in medical education. Forty one students finished...
Potential Civil-Military AR Crossover
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril and Oculus, has revealed a prototype pair of compact augmented reality glasses believed to be under development at Anduril, claiming they deliver...
Terrain Tool Gains LiDAR Improvements
⊲ Remograph ⊳ Remograph, based in Linköping, Sweden, announced the release of Remoscape v1.5, its tool for generating 3D landscapes for realtime visualisation. The update brings improved LiDAR...
HLA Bridge to Learning Ecosystems
⊲ Yet Analytics ⊳ Yet Analytics, a leader in the Experience API (xAPI), Learning Record Store (LRS) technology, has released Federate xAPI, an open source tool that lets High Level Architecture...
Smart Glasses Banned from Court Buildings
⊲ syracuse.com ⊳ New York's Court System will ban smart glasses and other recording eyewear from all court buildings starting 20 July. Video and photography have long been barred from courthouses,...
Daily 3D Maps for Uncrewed System Navigation
⊲ Space Daily ⊳ Vantor, the Earth observation company formerly known as Maxar, has launched WorldView 3D, a service producing daily updated three dimensional maps of Earth accurate to 15...
NVIDIA Omniverse Subscription Now Free
⊲ StorageReview ⊳ NVIDIA has removed the subscription requirement for Omniverse, a platform for building and simulating realistic 3D virtual worlds, making it free for development, production and...
Workers Film Themselves Training Robots
⊲ eWeek ⊳ Some Indian factories are requiring assembly line workers to wear forehead cameras and smart glasses, capturing footage used to train humanoid robots. India has become a major source for...
Siemens Brings Switchboards Into Augmented Reality
⊲ Siemens ⊳ Siemens has developed SidiroAR, a free mobile application that lets engineers visualise low-voltage switchgear in augmented reality. Built by a Polish technical support team, the tool...
AR Glasses Rivalry Accelerates
⊲ Gizmodo ⊳ Competition in AR glasses is intensifying beyond Google and Xreal's Aura. Rokid's new AR glasses use a tri-camera system for six degrees of freedom tracking, similar to Viture's Luma...
Boost for AI Generated 3D Content
⊲ GamesBeat ⊳ AI company Tripo AI has secured $150 million in funding, following a previous $200 million round just a month earlier. The company focuses on developing generative AI tools for...
Antycip Partners With LuxCarta Geospatial
⊲ ST Engineering Antycip ⊳ ST Engineering Antycip has partnered with geospatial specialist LuxCarta to give French defence organisations faster access to AI driven, high resolution terrain and...
AR HUDs in More Cars
⊲ LEDinside ⊳ Augmented reality head up displays are moving from concept vehicles into production cockpits, projecting navigation and hazard cues into the driver's line of sight. Engineers are...