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05-19-2014, 01:30 AM
Man Developing Oculus Rift for Chickens
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Virtual reality for chickens. Let's call it Oclucklus Rift
The Second Livestock project aims to develop a virtual reality headset for chickens, giving the farm birds a feeling of living free range to improve their mental well-being. The virtual experience will let chickens explore digital environments outside of their cage, while motion tracking will allow them to peck for bugs.
See also: The Virtual Reality Renaissance Is Here, But Are We Ready? (http://mashable.com/2014/04/20/virtual-reality-predictions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“There’s waving grass, a few trees and some artificial intelligence chickens wandering around as well," says Austin Stewart, creator of the project. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/18/oculus-rift-for-chickens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Virtual reality for chickens. Let's call it Oclucklus Rift
The Second Livestock project aims to develop a virtual reality headset for chickens, giving the farm birds a feeling of living free range to improve their mental well-being. The virtual experience will let chickens explore digital environments outside of their cage, while motion tracking will allow them to peck for bugs.
See also: The Virtual Reality Renaissance Is Here, But Are We Ready? (http://mashable.com/2014/04/20/virtual-reality-predictions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
“There’s waving grass, a few trees and some artificial intelligence chickens wandering around as well," says Austin Stewart, creator of the project. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/18/oculus-rift-for-chickens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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