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

30%

Time cut from achieving the first solo flight (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2022)

Portability

80%

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

reduced hours

15%

less in-air practise flights were required to reach proficiency, indicating a potential ~$10M cost reduction per training class. (Gouedy, Fendley & Wolf, 2024)

Cost savings

$350M

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

"With the new technology, we can achieve the same level of realism in much smaller, more flexible systems.” Martin Keil, Chief Technology Officer at Reiser

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“The first time I put on the headset, I immediately understood how powerful this technology could be for training." Ben James - Flight Lieutenant at the Royal Australian Air Force

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“The newest update to the XR-4 Series allows us to feel confident that we can meet our customer requirements.” Bartek Panasewicz - VP Training Systems Land

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“The benefits of using immersive technologies for fighter pilots come across numerous realms, from cost savings to environmental impacts to safety.” Chris Metel - Prepar3D Engineering Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

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“Varjo is the best headset for high fidelity mixed reality applications with a large customer base in military.”
Ilkka Ruuskanen - Product Manager at Patria

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“Our ultimate goal is to expand VR usage into every area where it can effectively support astronaut activities.”
Florian Saling - XR Software Engineer, European Space Agency

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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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March 2, 2026

Smarter. Faster. Safer.

Modern missions demand modern training.