Posted on 07/18/2018 6:39:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
If you've ever been chastised for throwing your entire body around during gaming (because physically leaning into track corners definitely helps somehow), here's a bit of science-backed vindication. Researchers in Switzerland have discovered that using your torso to control a drone is far more effective than using a joystick.
The team from EPFL monitored the body movements and muscular activity of 17 people, each with 19 markers placed all over their upper bodies. The participants then followed the actions of a virtual drone through simulated landscapes, via virtual reality goggles. By observing motion patterns, the scientists found that only four markers located on the torso were needed to pilot a drone through an obstacle course, and that the method outperformed joystick control in both precision and reliability.
(Excerpt) Read more at engadget.com ...
Analysis, Laz?
Demonstrated on one of the B5 movies.
More confirmation that society is virtualizing. I expect within a generation, people will have the ability to live in a virual world that is nearly indistinguishable from the real world. If you think the iPhone generation is addicted, just wait a few years.
“virual world” = “virtual world”
This is my rifle, this is my gun.
“...in a bid to free human beings from their online prisons.”
Sounds like Monty Python where they “free” Sir Galahad from the Castle Anthrax.
Wonder if anyone has seen Brainstorm (1983) with Natalie Wood and Cristopher Walken. An underrated flick, IMO, touching on the subject of virtual reality. Scientists discovered a way to to record real life experience on tape that could be played back by another person.
One of the great scenes was when one of the scientists recorded herself while having a fatal heart attack. Christopher Walken played it back and experienced the heart attack and what happened beyond.
I’d hit it!
If you liked Brainstorm you might also enjoy “Strange Days” (1995)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_64
Similar plot points.
The beginning discussion here reminded me of the overly stylish "Matrix". d:^)
I did.
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