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There’s more than one Milton Keynes – the virtual and the real

Rik Thomas.
21 August 2015
TSC’s virtual reality equipment can be used to walk users through the town in an environment where driverless vehicles are being tested
TSC’s virtual reality equipment can be used to walk users through the town in an environment where driverless vehicles are being tested

 

Strapping on the virtual reality goggles and ‘vest’ is, at first, a highly disconcerting experience.  According to the TCS it usually takes 15-20 minutes to learn to walk properly on the roller pads that counter the user’s walking action to ensure that he or she doesn’t actually go anywhere in the real world when ambling around the virtual one. Other aspects that take some getting use to is the strange lack of limbs in the virtual world – pointing at something...

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