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Virtual reality gives users bird's eye view of Paris

Seat - The city of cars from a bird’s eye view

They say that things can be seen in greater perspective from the heights. On firm ground, we know that SEAT is the only company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets cars in Spain, but what can you see from the sky? From 600 metres in the air, we fly over SEAT to discover a city from a bird’s eye view.The centrepiece. Located 30 kilometres from Barcelona, the SEAT factory in Martorell is the epicentre of the company’s industrial activity. It covers more than 2,800,000 m2, an area larger than the Principality of Monaco and equivalent to 400 football fields, of which 260,000 are green areas. Nearly 13,000 professionals work in its various facilities, in different shifts, so the site could be considered a real city, with its inhabitants, transport systems and even its own health centre.

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VR Flying Simulator 'Birdly' Lets You Fly Like a Bird Between NYC Skyscrapers

It's been a dream of humans to fly through the sky at least since the time of Leonardo Da Vinci. Although we now have jetpacks and wingsuits, there wasn't a way for us to experience the sensation of flying between skyscrapers until now. This is Birdly, a virtual reality flying simulator that, unlike Red Bull, actually gives you wings. People were seen flapping virtual wings on Birdly at the 2017 SXSW festival on Wednesday. Birdly, the full-body virtual reality flying simulator, combines VR, music, and a wind generator to create the sensation of flying. Users flat their arms on the machine to flap wings in the simulation and generate lift. The idea for Birdly was conceived for a research project at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2013 and it was brought out onto the market in December 2015. How would you like to be free as a bird?

Now You Can Fly Drones with Augmented Reality

Technology is moving at such a rapid pace that it can be quite hard to keep up with all the new inventions. Drone have become a mainstay in popular culture in the last few years, but some scientists and engineers from Russia's Voronezh State University may have just invented a new way to pilot them. This drone prototype is designed to be flown with the help of augmented reality glasses that allow the wearer to guide the motion of the quadcopter simply by looking in the direction that he or she wants the drone to go. The team began working on the product began seven years ago but have only now reached the point of testing out their prototype model. With the success of their prototype, the team is now working on improving usability and design, with the hope of exporting their product abroad.