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This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world

Tom Scott

This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world

Tom Scott visits the Swiss Military Museum to see the last surviving 1970s tank-driving simulator. It uses a real camera moving over a miniature model landscape rather than any computer graphics.

Recommended as a great example of early VR and pre-computer simulation.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2024–2025

Topics

  • History of computing
  • VR, AR & spatial computing
  • Military history & warfare

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