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posted by martyb on Saturday March 09 2019, @02:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the glowing-recommendations dept.

CNet:

I'm inside one of the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. It's pitch black, with only a flashlight to light my way. I glide over a metal catwalk, heading deeper into the reactor. But then, when I turn to walk down the stairs, I hit an obstruction.

At that moment, a loud buzzer, like something out of an old game show, blasts into my ears, breaking the whole illusion.

OK, so I'm not actually in the Unit 1 reactor at Fukushima –- the radiation level at its core is high enough that even minutes inside would be a death sentence. I'm in a virtual reality setup at the Naraha Center for Remote Control Technology, about a half-hour drive south of the Daiichi facility.

VR could be a solution for work in environments like Fukushima where humans dare not go.


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by krishnoid on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:27AM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:27AM (#811971)

    As you wander around in the dark, you see a dimly glowing grue and are able to avoid it!

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