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This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
- djmips 2y agoApparently one like this directly inspired Dykstra camera systems used in Star Wars. In that case it was a similar civilian system. https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/berkeley-experiment-shaped-star-wars-17435890.php https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/berkeley-experiment...
- tocs3 2y agoI had hoped it was about arcade video game from the 70s (early 80s) that was my favorite game. It was a tank game and my parents would get so mad. You spent twenty dollars playing a video game???". I will have to look for it now.
- sparky_z 2y agoYou're most likely thinking of Battlezone from 1980. Funnily enough, the 3D tech that was developed for that game was repurposed by Atari to create a tank simulator for use by the Army, though apparently it never went further than the prototype stage. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1980_video_game)#The_Bradley_Trainer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1980_video_game)...
- SkiFreeWin3 2y agoAnalog twins. Did HN have the spot recently about bars where you drive RC construction equipment around in a sandbox? It will be interesting to see how peoples' desire to operate physical objects/robots like RC competes with digital experiences as physical robotics continues to improve. Once a controlled physical object leaves your field of view though, it probably becomes "virtual" in the sense that, sure, you could have a headset on like a drone pilot. But soon graphics and AI-generated experiences will be convincing realities. Maybe long way of saying, how cool are toy robots about to get?