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The scifi book Blindsight has a similar concept - simulated environments for disease testing - but instead of creating a new simulation researchers use MMOs. Th
by vdnkh 10y ago
The scifi book Blindsight has a similar concept - simulated environments for disease testing - but instead of creating a new simulation researchers use MMOs. Thinking about real-life examples, I wonder if a game like WoW with history and aspects of civilization would be accurate enough to research disease spreading.
- kolinko 10y agoThis article: https://www.google.pl/amp/s/mrepidemiology.com/2011/09/07/using-video-games-to-model-real-life-outbreaks/amp/ https://www.google.pl/amp/s/mrepidemiology.com/2011/09/07/us... And an amazing podcast, "This week in virology": http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-7-viruses-in-video-games/ http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-7-viruses-in-video-games/