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 ...

Sporty's Pilot Shop and Infinite Flight have partnered to integrate mobile flight simulation with online aviation training. The collaboration allows users to practice flight maneuvers and concepts ...

There's a fledgling aviator out there who will likely be getting an aviation video game this holiday season. Your mother ...

It's no secret that the iPad is popular with pilots. TUAW has provided coverage of pilot kneeboards for holding iPads in the cockpit, many iPhone apps for pilots that are now making their way to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...