Gizmodo
Train operators-in-training will no longer have to deal with plain, unrealistic, standard-definition simulations thanks to a new system that uses full HD video. Jointly developed by Fujitsu and video game maker Ongakukan, the world's most advanced train simulator uses variable-speed playback technology and HD video that was shot on actual train lines.
The simulator delivers an unprecedented level of realism that gives trainees a better and more accurate learning experience. Never again will a train operator not know what to do when he or she encounters something on the tracks (here's a hint: 'stop'). The system just became available commercially for three million yen ($29,000), so extremely rich Thomas the Tank Engine fans, it's time to make your train-operating dreams come true! [Fareastgizmos]
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I want one.
Trains in HK are piloted by robots. Perhaps we should all convert to that system
Scenario:
Old Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going no way to slow down.
No way to slow down.
Ramming speed.
It's worth $29,000 only if it plays "Love on a Real Train" and includes either a virtual Rebecca De Mornay or Tom Cruise (your choice).
...and switching tracks to weightier matters:
(-4)
That's actually not all that expensive, though I wish it used really high quality 3d imagery instead of just prerecorded HD images, although with a train simulator, there's really nothing wrong with it being a "rail shooter."
@bosskev: I'll take a Rebecca to go.
so...people spent money creating something that lets people have the experience to have a train ride? .... if thats the case I got a great idea for a HD simulator "walking in every day life" gonna make me some millions and raise rabbits as big as yer heads!
@strider -- Love the Tull reference. Plenty of other good rock references here though..
"We're going off the rails on a crazy train."
"Driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones you'd better, watch your speed."
"I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans, and I'll be gone 10,000 miles 'fore the day is through."
Seriously though -- much could a sim really be needed for this job? Turn Left. Oh, sorry. Can't. Turn Right. Oh, sorry. can't. Pull Up! Oh, sorry, can't.
Its pretty much go, stop, open the doors, close the doors, go, stop....
The trains in New Delhi already have this, and even have holographic readouts so that they can see how many people are hanging on to the car.
Not much different from Amtrak really:
-Both have inexperienced drivers/engineers/wtf ever they want to be called
-Neither really move much, and either way, there's a good chance that both now and an hour from now, you'll be in the same exact spot
-Both will be highly profitable..oh wait
Honestly, considering just how disastrous a really bad train accident can be, I'd say the more training the better.
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@Kaiser-Machead:
Call me a racist, but "people clinging to a train" jokes NEVER get old.
NEVER. :D
By the way, at quarter to ten you know it's traveliin' again.
In an unrelated rock reference I wish somebody would come out with a face rocking simulator so I can finally know how Bon Jovi feels.
@AndrewJayPollack: Microsoft Train Simulator.
Suggest adding weapons, Extreme speed, Crashable objects, people/cows/cars/ in the tracks, off road capabilities, and a caboose with an afterburner.
Then we'll talk.
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