At Nvidia’s GTC conference the
company unveiled a wild technology demo and it’s straight out of Black Panther.
Simply put, a driver using virtual reality was remotely controlling a car in
real life. The driver was sitting on the stage of the convention center wearing
an HTC Vive and seated in a cockpit-like car with a steering wheel. Using
Nvidia’s Holodeck software, a car was loaded. Then, a video feed appeared
showing a Ford Fusion behind the convention center.
The demo at the show was basic
but worked. The driver in VR had seemingly complete control over the vehicle
and managed to drive it, live but slowly, around a private lot. He navigated
around a van, drove a few hundred feet and parked the car. The car was empty
the whole time. Nvidia didn’t detail any of the platforms running the systems
nor did he announced availability. The demo was just a proof of concept.
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