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...
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The Eye as Battlefield Interface
⊲ Military AI ⊳ US firm Syntec Optics has secured new orders for optical components supporting AI-enabled military augmented reality headsets that use eye tracking to identify where soldiers are...
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...
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...
Simulation Accelerates Real World Robotics
⊲ The Hindu BusinessLine ⊳ At Computex 2026 in Taipei, technology leaders described how simulation and digital twin tools are speeding up robot deployment. Nvidia's Deepu Tala said simulated...
Grand Unified Theory of Tech Jargon
⊲ 36Kr Europe ⊳ A new analysis from ITJuzi explains that world models, the metaverse, digital twins, simulation platforms, physical AI and Web3 serve different purposes rather than describing the...
AI-Powered Military Training Analytics Launched
⊲ Thales Group ⊳ Thales has launched its Gladiator Training Data Analytics AI-powered platform that converts raw land training exercise data into structured intelligence for After Action Reviews....
Midjourney from 2D Images to 3D Scans
⊲ The Register ⊳ Midjourney, known for AI image creation, has launched Midjourney Medical, centred on a full-body ultrasound scanner that aims to produce detailed internal images in around 60...
Self-Driving Veterans Build AI Simulations
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, has secured a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation. Led by...
A Timely Event for Military Simulation & Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ DSET 2026 opens at Cheltenham Racecourse on 23 June as European NATO defence spending reaches historic levels, raising urgent questions about how much reaches training and simulation....
XR Moves from Experimental to Operational
⊲ Simulation News ⊳ Spanish XR company Virtualware is presenting its VIROO platform at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, positioning XR as operational military infrastructure rather than experimental...
AR That Thinks Ahead
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Fiona Ryan, a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, is advancing AR technology by developing a method to predict user gaze in 3D environments. Unlike current AR devices that react to gaze,...
Lockheed Seeks to Unify NATO M&S
⊲ Breaking Defense ⊳ This Lockheed Martin sponsored piece argues that NATO's simulation and experimentation capability remains fragmented, with member states relying on legacy tools and separate...
AI Vision Guides Drone Flights
⊲ The Drone Front ⊳ Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp has introduced AIxVNAV, an AI-powered navigation system that enables drones to operate when GPS signals are unavailable or...
AI and Simulation Meet on Your Desk
⊲ NVIDIA ⊳ NVIDIA and Microsoft have unveiled RTX Spark, a superchip designed to shift Windows PCs from simple tools to digital teammates capable of assisting with work, content creation and...
Agentic AI Adversaries for Marine Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Orlando-based XRT a $5.1 million contract to develop an AI-driven crew gunnery mission rehearsal prototype trainer for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle....