VR flight training is becoming increasingly prevalent, offering a promising way to shorten training time and reduce costs. VR allows for focused practice on knowledge and procedural steps ("hard ...

Flight simulators can effectively aid pilot training, but require "structured playtime" – practicing syllabus maneuvers with appropriate controls and acknowledging limitations. Optimizing simulator ...

Would you fly AI? Qatar Airways is adding virtual flight attendants as “digital human cabin crew” to assist customers at airports and onboard planes. Named Sama 2.0, the female faux staffer was rolled ...

Global pioneer in digital aviation simulation, Loft Dynamics, has opened its first virtual reality (VR) simulation "hub" forming the company’s first North American headquarters at Santa Monica Airport ...

The flight simulator data discovered in the MH370 pilot’s home shocked investigators around the world. S1Ep23: The Flight Simulator explores what those files really contained and what they didn’t.

Multiple teams around the world will simultaneously simulate flights circumnavigating the world over 7 days, all to raise money for charity. High in the air, a 737 crew livestreams their flight — ...

Flight simulations used to either require the use of a keyboard and mouse, which are nothing like the feel of “actually” flying, or the purchase and installation ...

From Wall Street to the Sundance Film Festival, virtual reality seems to be everywhere these days—and now there’s application to add to that list. Samsung and Australian airline Qantas have just ...

Aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, explores NASA’s Curiosity rover and its surroundings on Mars in virtual reality at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota) I’ve been to ...

FIRST there were the overhead televisions showing films. Then seatback entertainment screens were introduced. More recently, many airlines have introduced in-flight entertainment services that can be ...