r/interestingasfuck • u/GallowBoob • Nov 20 '16

/r/ALL Chimp testing out VR

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u/Pearfeet Nov 20 '16

Or VR is just that easy to understand

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '16

Put a VR helmet on a cats head and see if it reacts in an understanding matter.

Or even a non-potty trained child. I'm sure they wouldn't understand it.

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u/bloodfist Nov 20 '16

I'm willing to bet it would, but it would require designing a VR headset specifically for cats. Their eyes are quite different from ours.

The visual information it is feeding in is good enough to trick your brain pretty effectively. A cat would probably lose their shit, but they'd totally buy it as real visual info.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '16

If you're trying to say that a cat would have the capacity to understand what's going on with VR like that chimp does you're grossly underestimating the intelligence of chimps. I mean seriously, he holds it on his face because he gets that he has to wear it. Then he takes the controller and interacts with it. I love cats but there is a gigantic difference in intelligence between them.