⊲ Heise Online ⊳ Reviewing Jesse Schell’s 2015 predictions reveals a decade where technical milestones often outpaced market growth. While he correctly foresaw the shift to standalone systems and...
Tag: VR
virtual reality
VR in Support of Agriculture
⊲ BBC Science Focus ⊳ The article discusses the potential of virtual reality to address significant challenges in modern agriculture, particularly in the UK. With climate change impacting crop...
Immersive Tech Seeks Mainstream Success
⊲ Critical Hit ⊳ This article argues that the current state of immersive hardware reveals a mix of technical progress and market hurdles. While new headsets offer impressive visuals, high costs and...
Muscle Signals Replace VR Camera Tracking
⊲ Bioengineer.org ⊳ Researchers at Imperial College London have developed an ultrasound-based wearable that enables precise wrist and hand tracking for virtual reality without cameras or gloves....
Rheinmetall & Varjo XR Partnership
⊲ Rheinmetall ⊳ Rheinmetall and Varjo have partnered to integrate the new XR‑4 Series mixed-reality headsets into Rheinmetall’s mobile land training systems. These headsets will allow personnel to...
FPV Drone Team Trainer Launched
⊲ Airforce‑Technology ⊳ MVRsimulation unveiled its FPV Team Trainer at I/ITSEC 2025, a modular simulator designed for coordinated FPV drone training. Building on their previous FPV UAV Simulator,...
Mass VR Use Hinges on Hygiene
⊲ Uvisan ⊳ This paper describes how the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, rolled out over 3,000 VR headsets across 79 hubs to support education and teacher training at scale. The...
Ubiquitous 3D Workspaces are Trending
⊲ PCMag ⊳ Microsoft Teams (Premium) now includes “immersive events,” allowing users to host 3D meetings within virtual spaces using avatars. Accessible via desktop or Meta Quest VR headsets, the...
Rheinmetall and VRAI’s XR-AI-Data Partnership
⊲ VRAI ⊳ Rheinmetall and VRAI have formed a partnership focused on simulation data and AI to enhance armour crew performance by using VRAI’s data‑driven toolset (HEAT) with Rheinmetall’s XR vehicle...
Simulation Weekly News
The US Army committed $127 million to upgrade its unified OneSAF simulation program through the ECS-Riptide Joint Venture. New platforms emerged, such as VRAI’s VADE (Virtual All Domain...
New Consortium Tackles NATO Drone Readiness
⊲ PR Newswire ⊳ Farpoint, a new multinational defence consortium announced 1 December, has been established to enhance drone warfare training for tactical operators and command teams. Comprising...
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...