Not all of the US military’s simulators are designed for pilots. At the Camp Atterbury Joint manoeuvre Training centre combatants can now experience what it’s like when an improvised explosive device goes off, and how to deal with the aftermath. More »
It’s almost Christmas, so Melbourne’s Deakin University invited Santa in for some last-minute flight training on their Universal Motion Simulator (UMS). If this video doesn’t make you smile a tiny bit, then you might just be a Grinch. More »
Powered by an AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card, Chad Smith’s five-screen racing simulator looks like it provides almost the same thrills as the military’s simulators, without requiring the military’s budget. More »
Since you never actually leave your living room, the OVO-4 home flight simulator lets you skip all the unpleasantness of modern air travel, while still enjoying the mind numbing boredom of being inside a commercial aircraft for hours at a time. More »
There’s a new CncSimulator in the works, and by the looks of this preview video, it’s a pretty impressive piece of software for hobbyists, or anyone who’s ever laid hands on a CNC milling machine or taken shop class. More »
When I was a young nerd, I dreamed about having an entire room dedicated to flight simulation games, in which I could play Falcon – which was all the rage back then – and Larry Holland’s Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe and X-Wing. More »
