Fectar, a content management system for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) in education and enterprise training, have integrated an Ultraleap hand tracking feature within their platform.
Charles River Analytics was awarded an additional Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to create virtual reality modules that enhance training for hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published its process for “special conditions” for flight simulation training devices using new technologies such as virtual reality or new aircraft types such as electric vertical takeoff and landing ‘air taxis’.
The Loft Dynamics team is developing a virtual reality flight simulator for the Airbus H125 glass cockpit based on the Garmin G500H TXi and GTN 650Xi avionics package. The enhanced device “will be ready in mid-2023. We’re taking orders now.” Simon Von Niederhäusern, Head of Marketing, told CAT.
Full Sail University and The Central Florida VR/AR Association are bringing the inaugural Central Florida Immersive Technology Summit to business leaders, technologists, and job seekers 31 March. Halldale Group will be present at the event, and Andy Smith, CEO and Publisher of MS&T and CAT Magazine, will be participating in the Aviation Panel.
Industry veterans Scott Firsing and Woody McClendon will lead sales and growth operations in North America. These key hires follow the company’s recent $20 million institutional round to accelerate international growth and address the intensifying global demand for skilled pilots.
GreyBird Pilot Academy has chosen VRpilot’s VRflow procedure training platform to supplement their APS MCC (airline pilot standard multi-crew cooperation) course.