Smarter. Faster. Safer.

Mixed reality transforms training by delivering lifelike simulations across air, land, and sea – preparing personnel for real-world missions at a fraction of the cost.

Practice made perfect

Modern missions demand modern training.

Training today is more complex, resource-intensive, and multi-domain than ever before. Traditional live methods alone struggle to keep pace. Flight hours are expensive, live-fire ranges are scarce, and large-scale exercises require immense logistical effort.

Synthetic training is increasingly being adopted as a solution, but traditional methods and simulators are still too costly, too large, and too rigid to truly scale. They cannot deliver the portability or flexibility that modern forces require.

Mixed reality provides the answer. It delivers the highest possible level of realism and immersion, preparing personnel for the most demanding scenarios. Instead of years, deployment takes just months, and costs drop from tens of millions to tens of thousands. Training can happen wherever it is needed, from a vehicle or vessel to a container in the field. This bridges the readiness gap with speed, safety, and scalability.

The data speaks for itself

Faster learning

14%

Fewer flight hours to the FAA Private Pilot rating across 580 students (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, peer-reviewed, 2025)

Portability

80%

Size and weight reduction from old systems (Fast Company & Loft Dynamics, 2024)

reduced hours

15%

Fewer sorties for experienced B-52 pilots to reach air refueling proficiency: 7.80 against 9.16, p<.001. (Barksdale AFB evaluation, 2024)

Cost savings

$50M

Estimated annual savings potential for institutions (Defense Innovation Unit 2023)

True-to-life training across every domain

Mixed reality isn’t a single-use tool — it’s a versatile platform for visualizing and training across air, land, sea, and other domains. One system, endless realistic scenarios.

Pilot training redefined

Air

Fighter pilots and commercial airline crews can interact with real maps, checklists and avionics in true-to-life XR environments.

A person sitting in a flight simulator, wearing a VR headset

Ground training without limits

Land

Driving crews, JTACs and weapons operators can rehearse missions, maneuvers, live-fire procedures and emergency responses with real vehicles and systems in fully immersive simulations.

a person sitting in a vehicle wearing an XR headset

Practice made perfect

Sea

Sea farers can master navigation, emergency procedures and weapons handling in lifelike environments, reducing the cost and complexity of traditional maritime training.

Beyond the battlefield

Other

XR brings high-stakes scenarios to life across multiple domains, including command centers, research labs, medical simulations, design studios, and space missions.

A Varjo XR-4 Series (2026) headset on top of a display

"The mixed reality headset provides a point-of-view relative to the position in the vehicle, immersing trainees in an authentic driving experience.” LOUIS ELCABACHE, Driving Simulation Sales Manager at Exail

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"There is a clear difference in flying skills between pilots who trained using the head-mounted displays and those who trained without them." KyuCheol Ko - Principal Research Engineer, KAI

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"We have strong confidence in the potential of XR technology for air traffic controller training, and it opens entirely new possibilities.” Teemu Erkkilä - ATC simulators project lead at Fintraffic Air Navigation Services

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"By integrating mixed reality into the training pipeline, we are improving trainee readiness and ensuring every live sortie delivers maximum operational value." Air Commodore Rob Caine - Head of Flying Training at the RAF

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"Even our cadets can, after a short XR training session, carry out basic procedures inside a real battle tank. That knowledge improves our safety and ultimately helps us defend our country." Instructor for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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“Introducing mixed reality into our program is going to help the soldier feel immersed and train like they fight."
Shane Jackson - Chief Engineer for RVCT at Cole Engineering

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The Varjo advantage

Setting the standard for mixed reality headsets.

Varjo’s XR solutions provide the realism, interoperability, and security needed to prepare personnel for mission-critical operations. The XR-4 Series delivers uncompromising fidelity and integrates seamlessly with leading simulators, software, and hardware.

Built for portability and scalability, and backed by Varjo’s defense-certified expert services, it is the trusted foundation for the future of training.

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Government & Defense / June 16, 2026

Smarter. Faster. Safer.

Modern missions demand modern training.