⊲ Distance Technologies ⊳ Helsinki-based deep-tech startup Distance Technologies has launched Acuity, a visual intelligence platform built on its new Acuity OS, designed to connect sensors, battle...
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Siemens Brings Switchboards Into Augmented Reality
⊲ Siemens ⊳ Siemens has developed SidiroAR, a free mobile application that lets engineers visualise low-voltage switchgear in augmented reality. Built by a Polish technical support team, the tool...
AR Glasses Rivalry Accelerates
⊲ Gizmodo ⊳ Competition in AR glasses is intensifying beyond Google and Xreal's Aura. Rokid's new AR glasses use a tri-camera system for six degrees of freedom tracking, similar to Viture's Luma...
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...
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...
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...