Robot boat completes Atlantic crossing.

[HissyFit]

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

 

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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.

 

[HissyFit]

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

The Mayflower did not have a pool. Just a couple of barrels of salted pork on deck.

 

[HissyFit]

The Mayflower did not have a pool. Just a couple of barrels of salted pork on deck.

And the crew of the Mayflower were puritans, so that's about as much fun as they would ever have.