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...
Tag: training
Preparing Troops For Combat Trauma
⊲ KentOnline ⊳ The article discusses the British Army's use of trained actors, employed by the Canadian firm Calian, to simulate mass casualty scenarios for soldier training. These actors, equipped...
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...
Fifteen Year £2 Billion Training Contract
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ Omnia Training, a Raytheon UK-led consortium including Capita, Cervus, Rheinmetall UK, and Skyral, has secured a £2bn, 15-year contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver...
Rifle Becomes New Drone Controller
⊲ Military.com ⊳ The US-based startup PYRRHUS Aeronautics has developed LADRS, a rifle mounted device that lets soldiers control drones through weapon movement rather than a handheld joystick or...
Korean Simulator Supports Emergency Flight Practice
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ The Republic of Korea Army has fielded a new KUH-1 'Surion' flight training simulator. Developed by Korea Aerospace Industries under a December 2023 contract, the simulator...
“Sim Pods” for British Army Drone Training
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ Skua Defence Limited and UFDS EU have partnered to bring Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator, a Ukraine-developed UAS training system, to UK and allied forces. UFDS has trained more...
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...
Open 3D Browser Powers Spatial Interaction
⊲ GamesBeat ⊳ The Metaverse Standards Forum and RP1 have launched Sneeze, the first open-source metaverse browser engine, released under the Apache 2.0 licence. Built for spatial computing rather...
Naval Dome Replicates Drone Attacks
⊲ Defense Express ⊳ The French Navy is using a 360-degree projection dome simulator to train ship crews against mass drone and unmanned surface vessel attacks. Armed with Minigun, M2 Browning and...
XR Training Strengthens Ukrainian Tank Crews
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Finnish XR manufacturer Varjo and Norwegian simulation firm Fynd Reality are supplying 39 extended reality training systems to the Ukrainian Armed Forces through Norway's Nansen...
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...
Immersive Infrastructure Consolidates as a Key Element in Military Training: VIROO and Virtualware at Eurosatory
An Article by Virtualware · Extended reality (XR), encompassing immersive technologies, is no longer a technological promise but has become a real tool within military training. However, the...
Saab Secures US Live Training Order
⊲ Halldale ⊳ The U.S. Army has awarded Saab a $22.4 million order for Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System base kits under the BEST MAC contract. The equipment will support live...
Simulators for Formula 1 and Beyond
⊲ Autosport ⊳ The UK's Bristol-based Dynisma Motion Generators, founded in 2017 by former McLaren and Ferrari engineer Ash Warne, supplies simulators to up to half the Formula 1 grid, including...