Finding direction in space engineering

Texas A&M Graduate student and NASA fellow John Hayes took a gap year. Today, he is closing research gaps.

Eight360: The Hutt Valley Simulator Turning Training Upside Down

In a Lower Hutt workshop, a spherical machine flips a person fully upside down while a VR headset convinces their brain they are somewhere else entirely...

Inside the sphere: How Eight360 is revolutionising virtual training and immersive simulation

Virtual reality has long pushed the boundaries of simulation, but New Zealand’s Eight360 has taken immersion to an entirely new orbit.

First-in-Victoria spinning simulator to turn heads

RMIT University unveils a new 360-degree rotating VR motion simulator to turbocharge education, training and research.

Simulator lets students and researchers pilot aircraft, spaceships

The University of Sydney has acquired a 360-degree rotating cockpit simulator, allowing researchers and students to replicate the experience of piloting any aircraft from an A380 to a spaceship.

Lower Hutt company's virtual reality ball catches attention of Nasa

Terry Miller has taken his NOVA simulator from ‘leaky garage in the Hutt' to the attention of NASA for their Mars rover program.