Nearly 100 attendees from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, local technology companies, and universities gathered at the Technology Showcase 18 April to discuss areas in which they could partner on research that is of interest to the U.S. Navy and has commercial viability.
Immersive Display Solutions, Inc. (IDSI) and Varjo have signed an agreement to enhance their business relationship by leveraging Varjo’s industry-leading mixed reality head-mounted displays to expand IDSI’s simulation and training capabilities.
StaplesVR’s mission is to create off-the-shelf AR/VR training products that improve training outcomes and increase employee engagement while creating a safe training environment.
The future of how to teach student pilots about aircraft operation, flight conditions, instruments in the cockpit, landing, take-off, and how to check all systems aboard the plane, are in the prototype of a wearable Augmented Reality device currently being developed by creators from ProSim-TS and Pace-TXT.
The commercial sector is developing key technologies and applications that have the potential for cost-effective adaptation for defence use and use in modelling and simulation (M&S) applications such as defence planning, training, operations, and capability development.
ProSim has lots of news to share this April: the launch of a precision tool for pilot training, Finnish Aviation Academy incorporating its ProSim FMS Trainer, and Deeside Flight Simulators operating ProSim software.
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.
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’.