Inside a Fukushima reactor: How VR offers a scary-real nuclear experience

Inside a Fukushima reactor: How VR offers a scary-real nuclear experience

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https://www.cnet.com/news/inside-a-fukushima-reactor-how-vr-offers-a-scary-real-nuclear-experience/

OK, so I'm not actually in the Unit 1 reactor at Fukushima –- the radiation level at its core is high enough that even minutes inside would be a death sentence. I'm in a virtual reality setup at the Naraha Center for Remote Control Technology, about a half-hour drive south of the Daiichi facility.

Next to me are my photographer, an interpreter, a representative from Tokyo Electric Power Co. and an employee of the Naraha facility who's serving as our guide through this virtual re-creation. We're all staring at a giant screen projected on the wall just a few feet in front of us and to our sides.

Inside a Fukushima reactor: How VR offers a scary-real nuclear experience

Mar 8, 2019, 1:44pm UTC
https://www.cnet.com/news/inside-a-fukushima-reactor-how-vr-offers-a-scary-real-nuclear-experience/ > OK, so I'm not actually in the Unit 1 reactor at Fukushima –- the radiation level at its core is high enough that even minutes inside would be a death sentence. I'm in a virtual reality setup at the Naraha Center for Remote Control Technology, about a half-hour drive south of the Daiichi facility. > Next to me are my photographer, an interpreter, a representative from Tokyo Electric Power Co. and an employee of the Naraha facility who's serving as our guide through this virtual re-creation. We're all staring at a giant screen projected on the wall just a few feet in front of us and to our sides.