Simulation is an essential tool for improving flight safety through better pilot training, but it could be even more effective, according to some in the industry. Indeed, airlines such as Lufthansa, ...

With the assistance of a novel motion simulator, researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have discovered that rats rely on airflow to navigate their surroundings. When they move, the flow of air ...

Atomic Motion Systems have announced their intentions to add HMD support (starting with the Oculus Rift) to their motion simulator platforms to create the ultimate in motion feedback. One of the many ...

To speed the development of motion-control applications without hardware, the user-friendly Application Development Kit (ADK) software features simulation and motion machine interface (MMI) tools to ...

With at least eight manufacturers vying for a share of the small but rapidly growing civil flight simulator training device (FSTD) market, the machines have essentially become a commodity. On the ...

The makers of the most impressive home racing simulator we've tested join forces with a leader in VR tech to push digital-racing realism to new heights. Antuan started out in the automotive industry ...

Simulators for driving and ones for flying provide a reasonably convincing impersonation of movement through 3D space while sitting in a seat that only moves up and down and side-to-side. But the ...

Brad Smith Regional Applications Specialist Delta Computer Systems Inc. Vancouver, Wash. During our normal workday providing technical support, we help customers recover from a full range of problems ...

Computer simulations designed to teach people how to operate a vehicle can reproduce a reasonable facsimile of real-world conditions, but they lack one key ingredient: a realisic sense of motion. That ...

Motion simulators take your gaming experience to another level, making you feel like you’re actually driving a car or flying a plane. The problem with them though is they’re way too pricey for the ...