ultragaijin
05-31-2002, 01:03 AM
Why War Is Really Just a Game (http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52766,00.html)
If that Marine can play Grand Theft Auto 3, he shouldn't have a problem handling the Dragon Runner, the eye's Tonka truck-like cousin. Like the eye, the runner is equipped with a camera and is meant to be a mechanical scout in close combat situations. The runner isn't autonomous like the eye, however. A Marine remote-controls the flat, 15.5-inch device with a six-button keypad.
"We modeled the controller after the PlayStation2, because that's what these 18-, 19-year-old Marines have been playing with pretty much all of their lives," said Maj. Greg Heines, Cane's counterpart for ground vehicles.
Ender's Game is almost here.
If that Marine can play Grand Theft Auto 3, he shouldn't have a problem handling the Dragon Runner, the eye's Tonka truck-like cousin. Like the eye, the runner is equipped with a camera and is meant to be a mechanical scout in close combat situations. The runner isn't autonomous like the eye, however. A Marine remote-controls the flat, 15.5-inch device with a six-button keypad.
"We modeled the controller after the PlayStation2, because that's what these 18-, 19-year-old Marines have been playing with pretty much all of their lives," said Maj. Greg Heines, Cane's counterpart for ground vehicles.
Ender's Game is almost here.