⊲ Navy Lookout ⊳ UK design house and consultancy firm BMT has opened its Digital Innovation & Simulation Centre (DISC) in Fareham, bringing maritime simulation, digital twins and autonomous...
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Spatial Intelligence Gets Major Funding Boost
⊲ CGTN ⊳ Fei-Fei Li's startup, World Labs, has successfully raised $1 billion to enhance "spatial intelligence," a new AI approach that enables reasoning about the 3D world. Notable investors...
US Army Drone Training & Simulation
⊲ U.S. Army ⊳ Using OneArc's VBS4 simulation software, Fort Benning's Maneuver Centre of Excellence has added a 10-hour virtual drone familiarisation course to its One-Station Unit Training...
Virtual Worlds Go Ubiquitous
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Meta is bringing its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to mobile devices, allowing users to explore virtual spaces without a headset. Reality Labs VP of Content Samantha Ryan...
Miami Hosts Immersive XR Conference
⊲ University of Miami News ⊳ The University of Miami hosted Miami XR 2026, a two-day conference exploring XR across education, healthcare, and entertainment. Organised by UMverse, the event drew...
XR-Based Military Vehicle Crew Trainer
⊲ LinkedIn ⊳ The article by Varjo examines how Rheinmetall is using extended reality and cloud-based simulation to strengthen battlefield readiness at scale. By integrating immersive XR training,...
Smart Glasses Face Recognition
⊲ Digital Trends ⊳Meta is reportedly developing smart glasses capable of identifying people in real time using on-device AI and linked databases. The prototype feature, described as internal...
Smart Glasses Sales Soar
⊲ CNBC ⊳Franco-Italian eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica reported a significant increase in sales of its Meta AI glasses, selling over 7 million units in 2025, up from 2 million in the previous two...
Simulation Accelerates Swarming Experimentation
⊲ ADS Advance ⊳ Applied Intuition UK, part of the $15 billion Silicon Valley company founded in 2017, has been selected to lead a consortium focused on advancing autonomous swarming capabilities...
Apple’s XR to go Unobtrusive?
⊲ Forbes ⊳ The article explains why Apple’s move from the Vision Pro headset towards smart glasses reflects a more realistic path to mass adoption. It argues that comfort, social acceptance,...
XR Shapes Future Weaponry
⊲ MBDA ⊳ In this article MBDA describes how virtual and augmented reality are becoming practical tools across defence programmes. These technologies enhance innovation by allowing early...
AI Playable Worlds Pressure Game Company Shares
⊲ Reuters ⊳ Project Genie, Google's latest artificial intelligence project, recently triggered a notable decline in video game company shares. This new technology combines Google's Genie 3, Nano...