US EditionNeuroengineer Trains Rats to Play Doom II in Custom VR Setups
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Video games went from being considered something for "frikis" to being one of the most popular leisure activities in the world. Both children and grandparents can play video games, because precisely their great variety and easy access to them makes them so viable, because we have plenty of free games, old arcade games if it is of our taste, modern with graphics if we prefer them and an endless more. If you do not usually play video games it is v…
For this, a Hungarian developer has built a VR environment for rodents. Recently, it allows the animals to shoot in the game.
Rats Are Playing Doom Now and Honestly It Checks Out
Via Aaron ChristophelWe have been engaged in the sacred, eternal ritual known as "Can it run Doom?" for decades. We've forced Doom onto ATMs, pregnancy tests, calculators, VCRs, printing calculators from the 80s, you name it - if it had silicon and a will to live, someone found a way to compile Doom onto it. Doom is the Monty Python of software: indestructible, inexplicable, and laughing while it destroys everything it touches.But now - oh now -…
Neuroengineer Trains Rats to Play Doom II in Custom VR Setups
Rodent Revolution: How Neuroengineers Are Teaching Rats to Master Doom In the dimly lit labs of neuroengineering, a peculiar experiment has captured the imagination of scientists and gamers alike. For over four years, a dedicated team led by Hungarian neuroengineer Viktor Tóth has been pushing the boundaries of animal cognition by training rats to navigate and engage with the classic video game Doom II. What began as a whimsical idea has evolved…
Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtual environment for neuroengineers' expanded open source project
The project, led by neuroengineer Viktor Tóth, has evolved into a second-generation setup that significantly expands what the rats can do inside the Doom engine.
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