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British Army’s Unit-Based Virtual Training System Fully Operational

December 27, 2017 Managing Editor

The British Army’s Unit Based Virtual Training (UBVT) system created by NSC has reached full operational capability (FOC) after completing a series of events that demonstrated the system’s proficiency in collectively training troops in a […]

AVIATION

Rolls Royce Airline Maintenance Personnel Use Virtual Reality

December 26, 2017 Managing Editor

Airline maintenance personnel at Rolls Royce are able to practice highly complex tasks using virtual reality training due to the “massive drop in cost in the past 18 months”, according to Steve Buckland, the civil […]

AVIATION

Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office Incorporates Virtual Reality in New Flight Simulation Trainers

December 20, 2017 Managing Editor

The Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office is incorporating virtual reality technology as it develops new flight simulation trainers for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, TH-57 Sea Ranger training helicopter and T-45 Goshawk jet trainer. Two […]

MEDICAL

Revinax and Microsoft HoloLens Provide Virtual Reality Tutorials for Medical and Surgical Applications

December 12, 2017 Managing Editor

Revinax – a French company that provides virtual reality tutorials for medical and surgical applications  – has begun using the mixed reality (MR) device – Microsoft HoloLens – to deliver demonstrations to training surgeons right […]

MEDICAL

Neuro Rehab VR Wins First Place at University of Texas at Dallas Big Idea Competition

December 11, 2017 Managing Editor

Neuro Rehab VR took first prize at University of Texas at Dallas’ Big Idea Competition. The medical start-up creates virtual and augmented reality therapy games to help patients with traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, or […]

MEDICAL

Birmingham City University Refines Medical Mixed Reality System

November 30, 2017 Managing Editor

Birmingham City University’s Digital Media Technology Lab is working on a mixed reality system that allows medical practitioners to view and interact with virtual models of organs and bones, and also change models of patient […]

CYBER

Embodied Intelligence Easily Teaches Industrial Robots Complex Skills

November 20, 2017 Managing Editor

Pieter Abbeel, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and students have a new start-up, Embodied Intelligence Inc., which uses deep reinforcement learning and artificial intelligence to easily teach […]

AVIATION

Royal Canadian Air Force Doubles First Officers with Simulation-Based Training Systems

November 20, 2017 Managing Editor

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is using advanced simulation-based training systems from CAE with the aim of doubling the number of first officers it produces annually. The Air Mobility Training Centre (AMTC) in Trenton, […]

AVIATION

Fort Hood Constructs New Mission Training Complex

November 20, 2017 Managing Editor

Construction of a new mission training complex (MTC) has begun at Fort Hood, Texas, consolidating the current ten training facilities that make up the current mission training complex. The project was prompted by the need […]

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