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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

Still, its first-person 3D visuals were ahead of the curve, predating more famous hits like Atari’s Battlezone. “I Fortunately, the aircraft manufacturers had already calculated how their products would perform. It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Many Americans are unsure where regulation should come from, but would prefer manufacturers and tech companies (36%) to self-regulate over government regulation (24%). Nearly six in 10 people consider themselves “car people,” and 81% feel that the car they drive reflects their personality, a least to some degree.