Simulator

Although few people would describe roller coasters as boring, they can get a bit "samey" if you always ride the same one. That's where ROCO comes in, as it lets users create their own unique virtual roller coaster ride, every time they use it.

In order to train their students, medical schools often get actors to present symptoms of certain conditions. Offering what is claimed to be a more consistent alternative, the HAL S5301 robot is designed to simulate a brain-injured patient.

By far the most extreme gaming and simulation platform we've seen, the Nova places you in a fully untethered ball that's free to spin in any direction, creating all sorts of wild gravity effects for total immersion in a range of different vehicles.

​If you were designing a new back brace, trying it out on people could be risky – what if it was flawed, and ended up hurting the test subjects? It was with this in mind that scientists at Britain's University of Lancaster have created what is reportedly the world's first human torso simulator.

Development engineers at Daimler Trucks are driving a specially kitted out Mercedes V-Class to motorway rest stops along major traffic routes around Stuttgart, Germany, to gauge driver opinions about systems Daimler is currently working on.

​It was just last year that we heard about the Fundamental Surgery simulator, which utilizes dual haptic feedback arms to provide the "feel" of performing various surgical procedures. The system has now been taken a step further, with the demonstrated integration of whole-hand VR gloves.

​​It has a critical average of just 56 on Metacritic, with writers praising the visuals and atmospherics but bemoaning the slow pace and lack of variety in its gameplay. More than two years after its release we revisit Adrift: a much-overlooked and underrated and misunderstood astronaut sim.​

​When you're boxing, your opponent doesn't just stand there and take your punches. So, does it make sense to train with a punching bag that does? The folks at Germany's SkyTec Interactive evidently don't think so, which is why they created the BotBoxer.

Honda has become the first car manufacturer to adopt a new driving simulator technology that uses more servos than the average flight simulator most driving sims are based upon. The Driver-in-Motion 250 uses nine servos to move the cockpit, adding extra dimensions to movement.

A new type of motion simulator has been developed that comprises a cabin suspended and maneuvered by robotically-controlled steel cables. It is able to be installed in rooms of varying sizes, and can be moved greater distances and at greater speeds than conventional simulators.

Riding a stationary bicycle trainer can be boring. Now, Spain's Bkool has entered the picture. It offers thousands of pre-made animated videos of real-world cycling routes, but it's also able to render them from scratch as the cyclist is riding.

A low-cost virtual reality and camera setup makes it possible for people with normal vision to see the edge-blurring of glaucoma or the clouded, fogged-up vision of a cataract, or even the confusing hue-challenged sights of a colorblind person – with their own eyes.