First Holographic Patients Helping Train Medical Students
If you were to walk into a classroom of medical students, you would expect to see them borrowed into their notebooks. Well nowadays, you...
Military Simulation: More Innovation Required
The US Army seeks new enabling technologies in augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality for future Army simulation and mission rehearsal systems for...
Microsoft Expects HoloLens to Disappoint Soldiers
Microsoft and the Pentagon's project to develop a HoloLens-based mixed reality headset for the military has not gone smoothly as expected.
A contract worth up...
Using MR and Robotics, Researchers Connect Man and Machine
Engineering has created devices with advanced capabilities over the past few decades. A capability that has recently been significantly enhanced is known as "spatial...
Fate of Software Giant’s Flagship Project Questioned
Controversy over the fate of an advanced headset project for the US Army, combining high-resolution night, thermal, and soldier-borne sensors.
While a report by Business...
APC Crew Can Now Have Unprecedented Visibility of Battlefield
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Next-Generation Pilot Training System Unveiled
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Metaverse – Expect Wealth of Commercial and Military Applications
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Visualizing Chemical Threats – New Capability
Tools that see and sense harmful Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) substances are important for alerting military troops before anyone is hurt. The...
Watch This Immersive Cockpit Experience
As physical pilot training gets more expensive, the combination of a physical, fully-functioning F-16 cockpit replica, with a wide field of view provided by...
Tech Giant’s Headset System to Be Deployed Soon
07Feedback from soldiers has been helping to develop an advanced technology. The United States military and Microsoft have been working together over the last...
Technological Enhancement for Divers’ Underwater Tasks
The US Navy has teamed with NASA to test next-generation helmet upgrades. The Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has funded the development and...
COVID-19 Constraints – Mixed Reality Tech Being Tested for Airports
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New Training Solution – At the Tip of Your Fingers
Training and simulation in both the civilian and military realms use virtual reality (VR) in order to simulate realistic scenarios.
Current VR headsets use tracked...
Battlefield Through Future Combatant Eyes
Up-to-date information on the battlefield can provide life-saving time during a mission. A new system will give American combatants a mixed reality view of...
Mixed-Reality Solution to Support Vessel Maintenance
The Royal Canadian Navy is seeking new ways to leverage emerging technologies in order to enhance performance alongside and at sea. A new software...
Mixed Reality Simulates Intense Battle Conditions
The British military will trial Virtual Reality (VR) headsets that can create intense battle conditions and Mixed Reality (MR) for soldiers. The headsets simulate...
First-of-its-Kind AI Processor Developed
The first artificial intelligence processor that is a deep neural-network accelerator, delivering both high operational capability and high energy conversion efficiency for a full...
Simulation Technology – Next Generation
The AR/VR defense market will be worth $1.79 billion by 2025, up from $511 million last year, according to a Research and Markets report....
Fighter Jet Technology Applied in Tank
Tanks are large, lethal vehicles surrounding their crews with layers of thick steel, composite, and even uranium armor. All of that protection makes it...
Mixed Reality Tech Enhances SEALs Naval Capabilities
Augmented reality is a combination of computer-generated images partially overlaid on a real-world view. In particular, augmented reality works well in maintenance applications. In...
Marksmen to Train on Virtual Avatar Targets
A new Head Mounted Display (HMD) and Augmented Reality (AR) software app will enable U.S. Army Basic Rifleman Marksmanship training to replace traditional silhouette...
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