Editor Andy Fawkes considers the opportunities and challenges of training data exploitation.

It seems that most tech company CEOs are mentioning the metaverse this year. What is the metaverse, why is it important and is the military already building it? MS&T Editor Andy Fawkes reports.

With the increasing digitisation of the battlefield and greater automation, the crew of armoured fighting vehicles must be trained in ever more complex scenarios. MS&T Guest Writer Dr. Trevor Dobbins explores the role of simulation and the move from analogue to digital. 

To preserve our mastery in a digitized world, we need to match the technical capabilities of new technologies with an application strategy for our benefit. To do that, we need a working, albeit basic, understanding of these new technologies. Commentary by Christian Popp.

Ultraleap and Qualcomm have signed a multi-year co-operation agreement that will see the optimisation of the next generation of hand tracking capabilities on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 5G platform.

Engineering & Computer Simulations has been awarded a direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research project with the Defense Health Agency to design and develop haptics-based mixed reality training systems within the U.S Army’s Synthetic Training Environment.

Soar Technology, Inc. (SoarTech) has been awarded a contract to support the DARPA Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.

SESAR Digital Academy to nurture Europe’s brightest minds. Aimee Turner talked with ATM Chief David Bowen.

From life-size virtual helicopters to a haptic suit that lets soldiers feel faux gunshot wounds, I/ITSEC 2019 demonstrated the rapid evolution of high-tech XR training aides. Rona Gindin reports.

A primer on the visual, motion, audible and haptic cues necessary for immersive environments by David Hambling.

The Link “Blue Box”, the first effective flight trainer, was created in the late 1920s when aircraft had been flying for more than 20 years. This is a strong hint that an effective simulacrum may be harder to build than the real thing.

Our senses, sharpened by millions of years of evolution, cannot be fooled easily, making it difficult to give a realistic impression of flying high while still rooted firmly to the ground. Effective simulation requires visual, motion and audible cues, all fully integrated. Even minor flaws may result in simulator sickness, rendering the simulation useless. Other errors risk mis-training and making the simulation worse than useless. Standards for simulation are therefore necessarily high.

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