At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there’s the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there’s no virtual worlds here: it’s connected to a real camera and a real miniature model. ■ More about the museum: https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/
Camera: Tobias Buchmann
Producer: Sebastian Capeda at Viven https://viven.ch
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Audio mix: Dan Pugsley https://cassinisound.com (my microphone failed inside the very noisy simulator, he did an incredible job!)
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All this is is men living out their childhoods by making an amazing model railway. I want a shot
That's kickass but they could just use a beat up old tank or a bulldozer? Ha seems like there are easier ways to train people.
What is this ? Tank training for ANTS !? it needs to be at least twice this big !
NASA did the same thing for training astronauts in the Apollo program to dock ships together for instance – you can see this in the Apollo 13 film.
Nerds in camo pj's playing war. That lass even has a tash. Great stuff.
We use a similar artillery simulator in 1992. there the camera on the table was moved to possible observer positions and the artillery had to be instructed…too long, too short, too far to the right/left. The impact was simulated with a point of light projected onto the table from above.
What we did it for, I have no idea. The shooting solutions were so precise that you didn't actually need them. But it was still interesting to have done.
On Raspaberry Pi?! That's incredible!
Are they rocking old school TAZ? Damn
I used something similar to that at Fort Knox back in 1982 but it was for firing the tank, not driving.
There should have at least been a firing situation so the driver knows how to find a hull-down for cover.
So what happens when a cockroach invades the simulated environment? Please tell me there's a contingency plan.
Bro why was not in unreal engine
Too many talking heads, too little camera footage.
Boring.
These camera techniques are still used by hollywood. Miniature sets are made and then a camera pans around and rotates etc (eg a sci fi spaceship). It’s quicker to make a real model and paint it and get proper lighting than use 3D CAD. The final scenes are then computer enhanced. CAD is getting good but it still has a big learning curve.
That looks like it would be a lot of fun to try out
Should have more players.
Wow! What an experience. I would love to do this some day
Värdelöst. Vart är fienderna??? Inget skjutning heller
2:06 I smell Nederlands
It's all fun and games till you realized you had to do it for real.
This is incredible
They used to have games in Arcades a long time ago that did something similair..i distinctly remember playing a formula1 version in the 70s and it was old back then