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Displays Remain Vital for Training and Simulation

by Chris Chinnock

I have just returned from the I/ITSEC 2015 trade show, North America’s big event for training and simulation. As expected, solutions continue to become more complex and more realistic, and displays play a key …

Canon Working on Simulation Projector

by Chris Chinnock

Canon was at I/ITSEC 2015, but was not really disclosing much. They had a theater where they were showing a demo of their laser phosphor projector, but they did not want to let us …

General Dynamics Focuses on Fire Fighting VR Application

by Chris Chinnock

Last year at I/ITSEC, General Dynamic was just starting to develop a VR application to help with fire fighter training, especially in military and commercial applications. This year, they showed the progress they have …

Sensics Focuses on OSVR

by Chris Chinnock

HMD developer Sensics was at I/ITSEC to show off its high performance HMD but also to facilitate discussions about OSVR – their joint venture with game developer, Razor. OSVR stands for Open Source Virtual …

Immersive Display Solutions Lands UAE Joint Fires Contract

by Chris Chinnock

The training of Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, JTACs, is a major initiative in the US military as well as other allied militaries. JTACs coordinate close air support and are vital for making sure bombs …

Barco Focuses on Projection at I/ITSEC 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Over the last year, Barco has separated its defense, medical, training and simulation business, selling these businesses to Esterline. That means that Barco returns to its roots as a supplier of display solutions, leaving …

Oculus Demos Pre-Production Rift HMD

by Chris Chinnock

Oculus was at I/ITSEC to show offs the new GearVR from Samsung (with support from Oculus) and the new Rift headset that will be launched by Oculus in Q1’16. The exact date has not …

SA Photonics Shows Three New HMDs

by Chris Chinnock

SA Photonics is one of the suppliers of very high quality head mounted displays – with monocular and binocular, see through and occlusive types. They offer some of the best image quality using OLEDs …

Epson Showcases AR training Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Epson used I/ITSEC 2015 to show offs its line of augmented reality glasses – and their applications for training and simulation. Last June, the company released an industrialized version of its consumer AR glasses …

Digital Projection Demos New Format for Simulation Market

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Projection was at I/ITSEC to show off its Insight 4K projectors with laser phosphor sources (Digital Projection Wows CEDIA with Insight 4K Projectors) as well as its M-Vision series with LED source. But …

Eyevis Shows Inexpensive Way to Offer NVG Support

by Chris Chinnock

Adding night vision goggle (NVG) capability to a projector is a fairly big deal. Typically, this means adding Infrared LEDs to provide the IR light output needed to stimulate the NVGs. But the NVG …

Sony Debuts 4K Simulation Projector

by Chris Chinnock

New for I/ITSEC 2015 is the Sony VPL-GTZ280 projector – a 4K model with a laser-phosphor source that is purpose-built for the simulation market. It should ship in February 2016. It will be offered …