Monkeying around.Ever wonder what it would be like to live with wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. ? At Zoo Atlanta This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Georgia, you can become part of a gorilla family...in virtual reality. In the first zoo exhibit of its kind, people can slip on a virtual-reality helmet, grab hold of a joystick (hardware, games) joystick - A device consisting of a hand held stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. and invade a gorilla habitat. Sensors in the helmet and joystick detect the user's movements, signaling the computer to change scenes on a 3-D monitor inside the helmet. Move the joystick forward, for instance, and get a closer look at an ape. But watch out! Get too close and the virtual gorilla will give warning "cough" sounds or even charge--just like a real ape. The programmers hope to design an entire virtual zoo Virtual Zoo A Virtual Zoo is a new concept that uses the zoo model in a web format. Virtual zoos are basically websites that are created to simiulate a visit to a zoo, and the visitors to these sites can view exhibits about animals and their habaits. . |
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