Robot boat completes Atlantic crossing.

But where's the fun in that? It's not as if you can put on you VR headset and claim you went on a cruise.

AI-driven robot boat Mayflower crosses Atlantic Ocean
Actually... The second picture in the article is a VR Mayflower made by Prof Bob Stone and his team at Birmingham University and having wandered round it wearing a very advanced VR headset can claim I went on a cruise.

Bob is a really down to earth prof from Plymouth and has done some pretty amazing stuff.
 
Actually... The second picture in the article is a VR Mayflower made by Prof Bob Stone and his team at Birmingham University and having wandered round it wearing a very advanced VR headset can claim I went on a cruise.

Bob is a really down to earth prof from Plymouth and has done some pretty amazing stuff.

But you couldn't get paralytic on pina coladas by the outdoor pool. Some things are not worth doing virtually.
 
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