Virtual

Google and Waymo used driverless cars to make a virtual San Francisco

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Software can analyse millions of static photographs taken in city streets and create a realistic 3D model that users can smoothly navigate Technology 16 February 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Software can analyse millions of static photos of city streets taken atop cars and construct a realistic 3D model that could be used to create immersive … Read more

Behold, The Most Accurate Virtual Simulation of Our Universe to Date

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In the Cosmic Calendar, which maps the chronology of the Universe across a single Earth year, modern humans don’t appear until the very last minute of December 31. Everything we understand about the evolution of the Universe, we’ve had to piece together. We simply haven’t been around for pretty much any of the 13.7 billion-year … Read more

David Chalmers interview: Virtual reality is as real as real reality

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Philosopher David Chalmers explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation, and explores what corporate metaverses mean for humanity Mind 26 January 2022 By Richard Webb Jennie Edwards THE Australian-born philosopher David Chalmers has long made waves in the world of consciousness. In … Read more

Virtual Telescope Project captures a view of the James Webb Space Telescope at its final destination

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A new image captures NASA’s distant James Webb Space Telescope in a sky full of stars. The Rome-based Virtual Telescope Project took the exposure over five minutes using its robotic telescope, a PlaneWave 17-inch, tracking Webb on a Paramount ME mount. The image captured Webb just as it was arriving at its destination at the … Read more