Marine ACV crews to face ‘thinking adversaries’ in new VR simulator

A crew gunnery training prototype for the new amphibious combat vehicle will simulate an all-out fight with an unpredictable adversary.
Flying

CBP Will Train Pilots Using VR Simulators for First Time

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will become the first U.S. federal law enforcement agency to train pilots using virtual reality (VR) flight simulators. CBP's Air and Marine Operations (AMO) unit ...
Aviation Week Network

Loft's Virtual-Reality Helicopter Simulator Secures Japanese Approval

Japanese helicopter Nakanihon Air has received Level 7 approval for Loft's Airbus H125 flight training device. Credit: Loft Dynamics The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau has become the third regulator to ...

HMS Vision Inc. and Wenzhou Medical University Announce the Expansion of Their Simulation-Based Training Center During Vision China 2026

HMS Vision Inc. announced this week at Vision China 2026 the expansion of the HelpMeSee Simulation-based Eye Surgery Training ...
Gizmodo

The FAA Is Using VR Simulators to Test Helicopter Safety

The agency has installed two simulators intended to virtually explore nighttime conditions, bird strikes, power lines, and other common helicopter hazards. Reading time 3 minutes The top aircraft ...
Forbes

Pilots Are Learning To Fly Helicopters In VR, Thanks To This Swiss Startup

A pilot trains on a Loft Dynamics simulator for an Airbus H125 helicopter at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. I am hovering in a valley in the Swiss Alps on a beautiful day in a ...
TMCnet

JCAB Grants Japan's First FTD Level 7 Qualification for Loft Dynamics' VR Flight Training Device

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau becomes the third aviation authority, alongside the FAA and EASA, to qualify Loft Dynamics' VR flight training technology, expanding access to high-fidelity simulator ...
EurekAlert!

VR-haptic simulators can improve preclinical endodontic training

The use of virtual reality haptic simulators can enhance skill acquisition and reduce stress among dental students during preclinical endodontic training, according to a new study published in the ...
TravelPulse

Alaska Airlines Invests in State-of-the-Art Boeing 737 Pilot Training

Alaska Airlines is making a crucial investment in pilot training, a little more than one year after it became entangled in the ongoing Boeing 737 drama. The carrier, which is in the midst of merging ...
Road to VR

‘Thief Simulator’ VR Sold Over 300,000 Copies on Quest Alone

3R Games, the studio behind Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022), revealed the game has sold over 310,000 units on Quest alone. Announced in an X post last week, the studio says this includes ...
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CBP Will Train Pilots Using VR Simulators for First Time

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be the first U.S. federal law enforcement agency and first branch of the Homeland Security Department to train pilots using virtual reality (VR) flight ...