⊲ The Register ⊳ The US Army has relaunched its augmented reality headset initiative with $354 million in contracts to Anduril and Rivet Industries for its Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC)...
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Simulation Weekly News
⊲ Last Week’s Sim News Summary ⊳ In the military, China is developing AR capabilities for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision, overlaid data, and enabling gunners to aim...
AI Glasses Translate In Real Time
⊲ Digital Trends ⊳ The article reviews the Rokid AI Glasses, highlighting their innovative features, including real-time translation for conversations and images, a teleprompter mode beneficial for...
Explore Your 2D Memories in 3D
⊲ Futurism ⊳ A new AI model converts static photos into explorable 3D environments using computer vision and deep learning. It analyses visual cues like shadow and texture to reconstruct depth and...
XR Boosts Access to Army Training
⊲ Halldale ⊳ US Company Mass Virtual and the US Army have collaborated to create an XR-equipped classroom for aerial intelligence training at Fort Bliss. The initiative addresses gaps in...
Rail Training Goes Virtual
⊲ Transport for Wales ⊳ Transport for Wales (TfW) reports it is the first UK train operator to introduce VR-based training for front-line staff, using a simulation of the new Class 197 trains....
Simulation Weekly News
⊲Last Week's Sim NewsSummary ⊳In a significant development for predictive modelling, Google's DeepMind announced its "Weather Lab" AI model demonstrated superior accuracy in short-range forecasts...
Enhancing XR Battery Life & Accuracy
⊲ New Electronics ⊳ VoxelSensors, a Belgian company, is collaborating with Qualcomm to improve its depth sensing technology, known as Single Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES), for XR...
China’s Transparent Tank Armour & Eye Targeting
⊲ Defence Blog ⊳ China is developing AR headsets for tank and armoured vehicle crews, offering real-time 360° vision and overlaid data via a transparent HUD. Tested on the ZTZ-201 tank, the...
Incoming Samsung XR to Rival Apple
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan, is expected to launch at Galaxy Unpacked on 29 September 2025, with South Korean sales starting 13 October before a wider...
AR Emojis Tackle Road Rage
⊲ Vice ⊳ XPeng, a Chinese electric car company, has introduced the “Road Rage Reliever,” an AR system that projects emojis like angry faces or running shoes onto the road via the windshield....
Prada Meets Meta’s Metaverse Portal
⊲ AInvest ⊳ Meta’s Hypernova smart glasses are designed as the on-ramp to its $70 billion metaverse strategy. Reportedly launching in September 2025 at $800, they combine AI, gesture control via a...