Varjo Headsets Enhance Pilot Training

Dassault Aviation uses VR for Pilot Training

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Published: March 3, 2021

Rebekah Carter

Rebekah Carter

Finnish Virtual Reality start-up, Varjo, has revealed that it’s now helping Dassault Aviation, a French industrial company, to design more immersive pilot training experiences. According to the Head of HMI for Simulators in the Dassault Aviation team, Xavier Rabillard, Varjo is giving the company the cutting-edge tech it needs to drive stronger experiences for pilots in training.

Dassault Aviation is an aerospace company from France that creates military aircraft, space systems, and business jets. The business is responsible for delivering more than 10,000 aircraft to 90 countries around the world. Dassault Aviation joined forces with Varjo in an effort to improve the immersive realism of the pilot training they can offer.

Varjo’s innovative virtual and mixed reality solutions ensure that pilots can step into a training environment that feels real and engaging. Experts can experience and train in environments empowered by human-eye resolution at over 70 pixels per degree.

Realistic Pilot Training Experiences

According to Dassault Aviation, the VR and MR technology available from Varjo ensure that pilots in training can fully immerse themselves within an unmatched level of visual clarity and realism.

In addition to increasing simulation resolution on a massive level, the added capabilities of the Varjo mixed reality headsets also further deepen the interactions of pilots, allowing them to interact with physical controllers and digital objects alike. Varjo headsets even come with integrated Ultraleap hand tracking.

As a component of the partnership, Dassault will also be providing technical feedback to Varjo’s development team to assist with deepening the integration capabilities available. This allows the team to build even better features for demanding simulations and training.

Varjo mixed reality solutions promise more realistic simulations to pilots that should allow them to focus on what they’re doing in the moment. The headsets should give learners a chance to improve the quality of interaction between the professional and the environment, creating a sense of familiarity with the kind of environments that pilots are regularly exposed to.

Achieving Better Outcomes in Training

Virtual and mixed reality technology help companies to achieve a new level of training efficiency and faster training opportunities in a range of industries. In an environment where training sessions with real technology would require an excessive level of investment, and a lot of resources, like aviation, VR offers a more affordable alternative.

In this period of COVID-19 where there are fewer opportunities for pilots to learn from other individuals in action, this kind of training ensures that the right skillsets are entering the marketplace. Dassault isn’t the first company to embrace Varjo’s technology for training simulations either. The Finnish Air Force has also relied on the same technology for a more direct and immersive training solution too.

 

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