Category: Transport

$1.15bn Valuation for Simpler Flying

⊲ Flying Magazine ⊳ California-based aviation automation startup Skyryse has raised more than $300 million in Series C funding, valuing the company at $1.15 billion as it moves toward certification...

Advanced Vehicle Simulator Accelerates Autonomous Testing

⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ Graz University of Technology and Magna have launched a highly advanced driving simulator at the Advanced Driving Simulation Center. This facility enables engineers to...

Level D and XR Based Simulators Coexist

⊲ Vertical Magazine ⊳The article describes how European helicopter training providers are balancing traditional simulators with new virtual and mixed reality systems to meet diverse operator needs...

Simulators Support New Electric Aircraft

⊲ Investing News Network ⊳ Joby Aviation has completed the first of two next-generation flight simulators, developed with CAE, to support pilot training for its  commercial single-pilot eVTOL...

Games & Simulation on Every Device?

⊲ The Verge ⊳ Valve is quietly funding open‑source tools that make Windows PC games run on Arm‑based devices. Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais spoke to The Verge and explained that hey are backing...

VR Can Match Simulator for Training

⊲ Cambridge University Press ⊳ This study compared VR-based procedural training with traditional full-flight simulator (FFS) instruction for fourth-generation airliners. One hundred FAA-certified...

Astronaut Nausea Cut With VR

⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ Researchers from the University of Colorado-Boulder have found that virtual reality (VR) headsets can significantly alleviate motion sickness experienced by astronauts...

Airline Emergency Drills Go VR

⊲ Aerospace Global News ⊳ Announced at EATS 2025, Lufthansa has introduced the Digital Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (D-CEET), a €2.4 million virtual reality system designed to enhance cabin...

Boeing Exploits Microsoft Flight Simulator

⊲ PR Newswire ⊳ Boeing has announced the launch of the Virtual Airplane Procedures Trainer (VAPT) at the European Aviation Training Summit (EATS) in Cascais, Portugal. VAPT is a device-agnostic...

Simulation Boosts ROV Operator Training

⊲ Newswise ⊳ Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a digital simulation platform designed for work‑class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that combines navigation, motion control and...

Air Ambulance Operator’s VR Simulator

⊲ Vertical Mag ⊳ PHI Air Medical, which conducts over 22,500 transports annually, has become the first air ambulance operator in the Americas to adopt Loft Dynamics' full-motion virtual reality...