⊲ 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...
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eXtended Reality
Low Energy Spider Eyes for AR
⊲ New Atlas ⊳ Researchers at Northwestern University have built a 3D depth-sensing camera called the SpiderCam, modelled on the multi-layered retinas of jumping spiders. The creature's eyes capture...
Snap Launches Premium Smart Glasses
⊲ BBC News ⊳ Snap has unveiled Specs, augmented reality glasses priced at £1,995 in the UK and $2,195 in the US, marking the company's return to consumer hardware a decade after its original...
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...
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...
XR in Support of Human-Machine Teaming
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Researchers at Bowling Green State University and NYU Tandon have found that augmented reality can help people better anticipate robot behaviour in shared spaces. By displaying a...
The VR Before VR
⊲ Halldale ⊳ Royal Navy officer Henry Christian Stephens, a Battle of Jutland veteran turned photographer, developed one of the world's first virtual reality training simulators during the Second...
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,...
Immersive Collaboration Enhances Factory Planning
⊲ The Manufacturer ⊳ Glass maker Pilkington UK, part of the NSG Group, is using immersive virtual reality to reshape how its engineering teams design, test and validate manufacturing systems. At...
Air Force Trials Treadmill-Based Trainer
⊲ VR.org ⊳ Virtuix, maker of omnidirectional VR treadmills, has secured a US Air Force AFWERX SBIR Phase I award for its Virtual Terrain Walk platform, a feasibility study rather than a fielded...
ITEC Showcases Military Training Innovations
⊲ Royal Aeronautical Society ⊳ Tim Robinson reports on the ITEC 2026 event, held in London, identifying key trends including the use of mixed reality for immersive training, the resurgence of...
Simulation + XR for Urgent Drone Training
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Juny, a Uruguayan combat veteran wounded three times by FPV drones while serving with Ukrainian Special Forces, now works with Applied Virtual Simulation on the Horizon Guardian...
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...