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Here’s something fun coming on the heels of those morphing architecture posts from last week. Wired has a brief story (Link)<\/a> on Mixed Reality Lab of Singapore’s effort to bring people and their pets together on the playing field, so to speak. From the Wired article:<\/p>\n Computerized movements in Mice Arena are mapped to and from the real world, where an actual predator (your hamster) gives chase to a digital avatar (you) by pursuing a real piece of bait. The avatar’s movements in the virtual environment direct the bait around a small tank fitted with actuators that mold and twist an elastic latex floor into the changing terrain of the game map.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not quite as exciting as “giant” pets chasing miniature owner-morsels around a cheesy b-movie set, but still pretty neat.<\/p>\n {Image source: Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here’s something fun coming on the heels of those morphing architecture posts from last week. Wired has a brief story (Link) on Mixed Reality Lab of Singapore’s effort to bring people and their pets together on the playing field, so … Continue reading