Trials are to begin for a new virtual reality training platform for the UK Armed Forces, built on the same gaming engine as Fortnite. The new platform will use the latest advances in gaming innovation to improve training for personnel. It should make it more realistic, intuitive and immersive,...
NATO exercise Dynamic Manta is wrapping up off the Sicilian coast. Ships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from nine Allied nations took part in the anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy and Turkey under NATO Submarine Command took part. They joined surface ships from Canada,...
Finland's Varjo have added real-time chroma keying and marker tracking as early access features for its XR-1 Developer Edition headset. Varjo say it is the first company to deliver chroma keying in real-time for mixed reality devices. It is an industry-standard technique known as green-screening and used in broadcasting...
Software developer Peter Moore will give a presentation at IT²EC 2020 on VR technology and how it can aid conduct after capture training. One of the core conference themes at IT²EC 2020 is “Emerging Solutions: Propelling Today's Advances into the Digital Twin Age". Moore's session will explore how military training...
Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) has released updates to VBS3. VBS3 20.1 comes with VBS Map, a new HTML-based external map tool, enhanced civilian Artificial Intelligence (AI) pedestrian and traffic pattern-of-life behaviors (available for multiplayer use through the VBS3 Bundle), a new modular helicopter instrumentation system, and more than 100...
The release of VBS Blue IG 20.1 includes the latest updates to the company’s high-performance, 3D whole-earth image generator, including updates to VBS Blue’s atmospheric modeling for more realistic rendering, performance optimizations to display thousands of AI entities in a scene, improvements to terrain detail including 3D trees and...
D3A Defence, MetaVR, Battlespace Simulations Inc and Minerva Simulation & Training will demonstrate a ‘bring your own mortar’ end-to-end virtual training system concept for mortar operations at DSET from 10-11 March, 2020. The three-station ‘bring you own mortar’ concept demonstrator will be running throughout DSET 2020, 10-11 March, 2020.
MS&T’s Europe Editor, Dim Jones, visited the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) at MoD Boscombe Down to track the progress of the members of the Class of 2019; by the time of this instalment, they were approaching the halfway mark, undertaking more complex and demanding tasks.
Motor gliders that trained RAF Air Cadets are to get a new lease of life and bring joy to people with disabilities and injured ex-military personnel. The MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation has sold 63 decommissioned Vigilant T1 aircraft to Aerobility. The charity provides flying experiences to...