Road to VR

‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ PSVR 2 Gameplay Revealed Ahead of April Update

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting its ‘Sim 5’ update soon, which is slated to bring PSVR 2 support to the PS5 version of the game. MFS ’24 has been available on PC with full VR support since ...
9to5google

‘Immersive Navigation’ is the biggest Google Maps driving update in a decade

Google Maps is giving its driving experience the “biggest update in over a decade” with Immersive Navigation that redesigns visuals and offers “more intuitive guidance.” It starts with a “vivid 3D ...
Scientific American

Why ships in the Strait of Hormuz can’t trust their navigation screens

When ships enter the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, their navigation screens report impossible things. Supertankers circle over dry land. Cargo vessels cross through airports ...
Wired

GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

People on social media have reported strange events on delivery and navigation apps—drivers appear to be in the middle of the sea, or a 10-minute trip home suddenly jumps up to 30 minutes. For ...
Wall Street Journal

The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next.

The world is filling up with GPS dead zones. Nations and individuals alike are deploying cheap but increasingly sophisticated electronic-warfare systems, mostly to thwart attacks by drones and smart ...
CNN

GPS jamming is emerging as an increasingly prevalent — and troubling — weapon of war

Within 24 hours of the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, ships in the region’s waters found their navigation systems had gone haywire, erroneously indicating that the vessels were at airports, a ...
War on the Rocks

When GPS Goes Dark: Building a Force That Navigates from Orbit to Seabed

GPS denial is no longer a theoretical future threat. It is the environment in which modern forces increasingly operate. China has invested heavily in space and counterspace capabilities designed to ...
BGR

China's Advanced GPS Alternative Isn't Just For Navigation

The term "GPS" has become ubiquitous in American life. You know it as the foundational technology of navigation apps like Google Maps and Waze, but in most of the world, GPS is just a meaningless trio ...
SpaceNews

TrustPoint demonstrates non-GPS navigation for LEO satellites

TrustPoint's low Earth orbit navigation system ground station. Credit: TrustPoint WASHINGTON — TrustPoint, a Virginia-based startup developing a network of navigation satellites in low Earth orbit, ...
Aviation Week

Quantum Sensors Boost Magnetic Navigation As An Alternative To GPS

First published in 2007, the World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map is an example of publicly available magnetic field maps that can be used for navigation. Credit: International Association of ...
The New York Times

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region. By Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev Riley Mellen and Anatoly ...
MIT Technology Review

Quantum navigation could solve the military’s GPS jamming problem

The rise of GPS vulnerability is putting more resilient, atom-based navigational tools on the map. In late September, a Spanish military plane carrying the country’s defense minister to a base in ...