Virtuix integrates AI Gaussian Splatting into Virtual Walk for immersive defense training

Virtuix CEO Jan Goetgeluk joined Steve Darling from Proactive to highlight the company’s integration of AI-driven Gaussian splatting technology into its Virtual Terrain Walk (VTW) system, significantly enhancing its training and simulation capabilities for defense and security applications. Gaussian splatting is an advanced 3D reconstruction technique that rapidly converts real-world environments captured with 360-degree cameras into highly detailed, photorealistic, and fully navigable virtual worlds. Goetgeluk explained that VTW is a multi-user immersive training platform purpose-built for simulations where realism, spatial awareness, and physical movement are critical to operational readiness. By combining Gaussian splatting with Virtuix’s omni-directional treadmill technology, VTW enables soldiers to physically walk, run, turn, and crouch in 360 degrees within geo-specific virtual environments. This allows military personnel to “walk the battlefield before they fight on it,” improving mission planning, rehearsal, and situational awareness in complex combat scenarios. The system supports collaborative training across more than 12 stations, either co-located or distributed across different geographic locations, enabling multi-user mission planning and leader rehearsals. Trainers can dynamically modify environmental conditions, introduce adversary forces, and adjust scenario variables in real time to simulate realistic and evolving battlefield conditions. Virtuix also noted early adoption of its technology within defense organizations. Omni One test units have already been purchased by Yokota Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, underscoring growing institutional interest in immersive, physically active virtual training solutions. Beyond defense applications, Virtuix sees significant commercial opportunities for its VTW and Gaussian splatting capabilities across industrial and safety training, real estate visualization, and law enforcement. The company believes these markets can benefit from the same high-fidelity, location-based simulation and physically immersive experiences that are redefining how defense organizations prepare personnel for real-world operations. #proactiveinvestors #virtuix #nasdaq #VTIX #Virtuix #VTIX #NasdaqDebut #VirtualTerrainWalk #GaussianSplatting #DefenseTech #MilitaryTraining #SimulationTechnology #ImmersiveTraining #VRTraining #SpatialComputing #AI3D #SecurityTechnology #OmniTreadmill #DigitalTwins #ExtendedReality