THE VIDEO SHELF · analog tank simulator
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a great example of early VR and pre-computer simulation.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tom Scott
- Topic
- analog tank simulator
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2024–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Using VR goggles that have no capability of viewing anything VR makes them just regular goggles though? This tank simulator from the 1970s is a great example of early VR: [VIDEO] I wonder if there's anything earlier..
bux93 on Hacker News · 2024-02
In A man who invented VR goggles 50 years too soon (2016)Very cool, reminds me a bit of two Tom Scott videos (these ones do use displays though, but combined with little model worlds) * [VIDEO] - 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world * [LINK] - Submarine simulator
anfractuosity on Hacker News · 2024-08
In Sega Jet Rocket: The '70s arcade game with no computer or screen
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