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  Fujitsu develops world's first hi-def train simulator | Register Hardware 

  http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/09/fujitsu_hd_train_simulator/

  Writing down the serial number of the 10.47 to Chichester in a notepad while standing on a cold platform is all well and good, but now you can pretend to be the actual train driver, thanks to Fujitsu, ... which has developed the world’s first HD virtual railway. Well, sort of. The system, developed by Fujitsu and simulation specialist Ongakukan, coaches future train drivers who sit in a purpose-built loco. Drivers are presented with hi-def video shot on real train lines. The images can be played back at varying speeds to represent the velocity of the engine. Presumably, leaves on the line isn’t one of the settings... Fujitsu said that because the system provides accurate responses to the operator’s movements, such as slamming on the brakes, the trainee train driver receives “an unprecedented level of realism”. The company claimed this gives a “better approximation of the operational environment” than provided by existing driver-training systems, which tend to rely on computer-generated gra   [More...] [Less...]

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