⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Meta has introduced XR Operator, an experimental OpenXR tool allowing MCP compatible AI agents to autonomously build, test, debug and visually verify VR applications. Available...
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From Shotguns To Simulators: Ukraine’s Hard-Won Training Lessons
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...
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...
Victorians Pioneered Virtual Property Tours
⊲ IanVisits ⊳ Researchers have revealed that Brooks and Green, a Victorian estate agency on Old Bond Street, used cosmorama displays to show wealthy buyers immersive images of country estates...
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....
Classic Social VR Finds New Life
⊲ heise ⊳ Microsoft's AltspaceVR, the social VR platform it closed in 2023, is being revived after Shane Harris, founder of SideQuest, a platform that lets developers distribute apps for Meta Quest...
3D Depth Sensing Reshapes Global Industries
⊲ MarketsandMarkets ⊳ MarketsandMarkets reports the global 3D sensor market will grow from USD 8.26 billion in 2026 to USD 21.45 billion by 2032, a CAGR of 17.2%. The technology, which captures...
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...
New Chip Drives VR & AR Convergence
⊲ Tom's Guide ⊳ Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, already powering Xreal's Project Aura smart glasses. The chip delivers a 60% faster GPU capable of 4.4K-per-eye rendering, a...
Neural Interface Expands XR Capabilities
⊲ UploadVR ⊳ PiEEG XR is a Quest 3 facial interface replacement that uses biosignal sensors rather than cameras to add expression and control options in VR. Designed for developers, researchers and...
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...