-Caveat Lector-
You know, there's only one problem with this sort of "heads-up" cockpit
display: because it relies on input from GPS satellites, there is a lag like
the one experienced with satellite-phone communication. This means that a
pilot relying on his VR display would in fact be roughly two seconds
*behind* his actual location...and in an aircraft moving several hundred
miles an hour, two seconds can mean the difference between a near miss and a
violent collision.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Das GOAT [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 1:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] Virtual Reality for Robo-Warriors
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Were all those violent "computer games" just "basic training" for
> future
> draftees?.
>
>
> NASA To Test 'Synthetic Vision'
>
> By SONJA BARISIC
> .c The Associated Press
>
> HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - NASA researchers are planning their first test of a
> high-tech cockpit display designed to give commercial pilots a clear,
> virtual
> reality view even when the weather is bad.
>
> The display works like a detailed, three-dimensional video game, showing
> mountains, runways and other landscape features as the plane approaches.
> Researchers call it ``synthetic vision'' and say it could dramatically cut
> the number of accidents caused by poor visibility.
>
> ``I am extremely confident that in the future, this will be the way the
> world
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