Martin Carr of AVS, Mikko Luhtava of Varjo and Kristine Kvam of Fynd Reality, one high-end headset maker and two training-system builders using it, recently joined a roundtable on how Ukraine's...
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Virtualware Buys Manchester Visualisation Firm Virtalis
⊲ VR.org ⊳ Spanish software firm Virtualware has agreed to acquire UK Manchester's Virtalis, paying 5 million euros at completion. Virtalis is a profitable, twenty-year-old visualisation software...
Trending Towards 50:50 Live:Simulator
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Korea Aerospace Industries has spent two decades building an indigenous fighter pilot training pipeline around its T-50 Golden Eagle, exported across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe....
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...
Important New Flight Simulator Regulation
⊲ Halldale ⊳ EASA has formally adopted a FSTD Capability Signature framework, which shifts flight simulator regulation from a fixed “tool to task” model to a “task to tool” approach. Instead of...
CAE Urges Pilot Training Overhaul
⊲ CAE ⊳ CAE's 2026 Blueprint argues that allied defence forces must overhaul pilot training to meet a more volatile geopolitical era. Legacy fixed-curriculum programmes are ill-suited to Generation...
Vision Pro’s Surgery World First
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Apple's Vision Pro has been used in the world's first cataract surgery assisted by a mixed reality headset, with Dr Eric Rosenberg completing the procedure at SightMD in New England...
Survey Finds Over 37% Deploy XR in Training
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Varjo's State of XR in Simulation Training 2026 report, drawing on survey responses from over 100 defence and training professionals, finds that extended reality has shifted firmly from...
The Future of Phygital
⊲ The Drum ⊳ With Meta's metaverse set to close in June, The Drum gathered industry perspectives on the future of phygital. Experts largely agree the concept survives, but must evolve beyond...
Training and Rehearsal for RAF Pilots
⊲ Aerospace Global News ⊳ The Royal Air Force is upgrading pilot training at RAF Valley with new virtual and mixed reality devices for its Hawk T2 and Texan aircraft. Eleven existing training...
US Army Publishes XR Maintenance and Training Photos
⊲ DVIDS ⊳ A set of photos illustrating how the US Army are using XR in various forms to improve its maintenance and training. Soldiers from the 1st Field Artillery Regiment are among those...
SME Partnership Advances Military Simulation
⊲ DSEI Gateway ⊳ Finnish VR/XR hardware maker Varjo and Irish simulation data company VRAI announced a joint military training platform at ITEC 2026 in London. The system combines Varjo's mixed...