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 : Training and Simulation
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.
Making airmanship measurable: eye tracking with RAF trainee pilots
Learn about a trial with RAF trainee pilots on using eye tracking and AI to measure aspects of airmanship that traditional assessment cannot easily capture.
Getting started with the Varjo XR-4 Series: a practical setup guide
Get sharper visuals and better sessions from your XR-4 Series. A solutions engineer's quick guide to fitting, calibrating, and caring for your headset.
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.
Using AI to see your crew in VR
See your crew without breaking immersion. Varjo Base 4.16 introduces People (Beta), a new occlusion mode for multi-crew VR training.
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.
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5 Pioneering Mixed and Virtual Reality (XR and VR) Training Solutions
In this blog post, we look at 5 examples of virtual and mixed reality (VR and XR) training solutions and how they are reshaping simulator training.
8 Examples on how XR helps scale military training across domains
Learn about the different military simulation training domains where XR technology is being applied today, as new applications continue to emerge.
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.
Introducing Night Mode: Bringing True-to-Life Night Time Conditions to Mixed Reality
Varjo Base 4.13 introduces Night Mode for simulated night conditions for XR training, and performance & feature improvements for the entire XR experience.
Astronaut Training Enters a New Dimension with PaleBlue and ESA
In this blog, we explore PaleBlue’s transformative collaboration with the European Space Agency where VR/XR is redefining how astronauts prepare for space exploration.