Aviation Learned a Lot from the Sea. Now We Are Learning It Back.
Wärtsilä's Tim Park, a former ship captain, on how mixed reality is helping maritime training catch up with aviation, and what still needs to improve.
Archive : Government & Defense
A chain of evidence for XR training in dangerous jobs
Adaptive Immersion CEO Phillip Mangos on proving the ROI of XR training for maintainers and EOD techs, and the one lever practitioners fully control.
Interview with a Fighter Pilot: Training Eurofighter Crews in XR
Gero Finke helped bring the Eurofighter into German service and wrote its training standards. Now MD at ADAMS, on mixed reality and what fidelity really means.
XR Closes the Gap: Inside the REISER-Varjo Experience Day in Munich
REISER and Varjo gathered 75 defense & aviation professionals near Munich to explore how high-fidelity XR simulation is closing the military training gap.
Eurosatory 2026: Everything still has to be trained on
Varjo's Dorian Frayssinet on the biggest Eurosatory yet: a flawless show, an industry investing hard, and why all that new hardware comes back to training.
DSET 2026: what a $55 drone tells you about training
Varjo's Nick Williams reports from DSET '26 in Cheltenham: a $55 battlefield drone, the training problem it exposes, and why only XR can solve it at scale.
I/ITSEC 2025: What defense training in XR is starting to look like
I/ITSEC 2025 revealed a maturing XR ecosystem, with military training conversations centered on scalability, usability, and long-term adoption.
Live Ranges to Virtual Battlespaces: The Growing Role of XR in NATO Training
From live ranges to virtual battlespaces, explore how XR is transforming JTAC and joint fires training for greater realism, repeatability, and readiness.