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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday April 01 2021, @01:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the Is-skim-just-virtual-milk? dept.

If you visit the RusMoloko dairy farm near Moscow, in Russia, you may think you've arrived at a bizarre futuristic film set. Here, cows supposedly roam around fitted with VR headsets.

The VR goggles aren't props for a film, however. They have been specially made for these dairy cows to help them relax in order to produce more milk, according to a press release from Moscow's Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

At least, that's what was reported in a press release from Moscow's Ministry of Agriculture and Food. But it turns out there are some reasons to be skeptical.

https://interestingengineering.com/cows-on-russian-farm-get-fitted-with-vr-goggles-to-increase-milk-production


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @01:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @01:47PM (#1132120)

    These are happy cows, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huT5__BqY_U [youtube.com]
    They like the simple pleasures in life.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @02:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @02:47PM (#1132141)
  • (Score: 1) by Ken_g6 on Thursday April 01 2021, @03:23PM

    by Ken_g6 (3706) on Thursday April 01 2021, @03:23PM (#1132151)

    Humans are very visual creatures. Our eyes are better than most animals' eyes. I get the feeling piping in the smell of a meadow would be more effective than VR goggles.

    The only problem with that plan is I don't really know how cows smell. (I know, I know, I should go find some and find out for myself. :P)

  • (Score: 1) by TomTheFighter on Thursday April 01 2021, @03:36PM

    by TomTheFighter (9781) on Thursday April 01 2021, @03:36PM (#1132158)

    Moo ?

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday April 01 2021, @04:00PM

    by looorg (578) on Thursday April 01 2021, @04:00PM (#1132172)

    https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?cid=926030&sid=34874 [soylentnews.org]

    Seems like a bit of a repeat. I had a memory of that I made fun of this already. Mo' Moloko!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @04:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @04:20PM (#1132181)

    With Ivan may think he's developed a clever biological weapon here, little does he realize that as soon as they are deployed in the USA the typical lard-ass American will devour them with fries.

  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday April 01 2021, @05:54PM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday April 01 2021, @05:54PM (#1132206) Journal

    But these kinds of bullshit headlines are pure clickbait

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @08:07PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 01 2021, @08:07PM (#1132252)

      Click on "original submission" to see the original title.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by stretch611 on Thursday April 01 2021, @06:11PM

    by stretch611 (6199) on Thursday April 01 2021, @06:11PM (#1132211)

    All a cow does is eat, shit, and moo, They have a wonderful countryside view with a pasture.

    They do not have to work, or put food on the table. They do not even need to wear clothes.

    They even have farmers feeling up their tits every day.

    So what stress is there?

    --
    Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
  • (Score: 1) by Taxi Dudinous on Thursday April 01 2021, @06:15PM (1 child)

    by Taxi Dudinous (8690) on Thursday April 01 2021, @06:15PM (#1132213)

    A team of these cows kicked my ass in Pavlov VR last night!
    http://wiki.pavlov-vr.com/index.php?title=Main_Page [pavlov-vr.com]
    I KNEW they weren't human!

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 02 2021, @07:41PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 02 2021, @07:41PM (#1132600) Journal
      This one time I was in Eve Online, and I saw a bunch of angry Russian cows in local. I docked my spaceship for three months. They still ganked it.
  • (Score: 3, Informative) by krishnoid on Thursday April 01 2021, @07:26PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday April 01 2021, @07:26PM (#1132238)

    Either this game [goat-simulator.com] or this one [goose.game] should do quite nicely.

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