simulation
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A U.S. Regulator is Using VR Simulators to Test Helicopter Safety
The top aircraft regulator in the US says it’s experimenting with a pair of virtual reality helicopter training simulators to conduct safety research. While Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of a semi-dystopian metaverse VR-enabled future may have hit a snag or two, the adoption of VR for less flashy, but almost surely more consequential training simulators continues…
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VR Researchers Have Basically Figured Out How to Simulate the Feel of Kisses
Researchers have modified an off-the-shelf VR headset so that it recreates the sensation of touch in and around a user’s mouth.
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Could Our Entire Reality Be Part of a Simulation Created by Some Other Beings?
Let’s assume these extraterrestrial beings have a computer on which our universe is being “simulated”. Simulated worlds are pretend worlds – a bit like the worlds on Minecraft or Fortnite, which are both simulations created by us. If we think about it like this, it also helps to suppose these “beings” are similar to us.…
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Elon Musk: We’re Probably Living In A Video Game
Given how much time Elon Musk spends trying to save the world, it’s almost surprising that he thinks we’re all just living in someone’s video game anyway. Or, it would be if he wasn’t well-known for his dramatic predictions and if he hadn’t also added that there’s a chance we’ll become pets to superintelligent AI…