Keep your eyes on the road, son.
What if you could practice handling distractions on the road without dangerous real-world consequences? As part of its Teen Drive 365 project, which educates parents and teens about safe driving, Toyota has launched an Oculus Rift experience that does just that. Debuting at the Detroit Auto Show this week, this virtual reality simulation put a teenage driver inside a real stationary car, equips him with a VR headset and then forces him to navigate various distractions on the road. There's loud music, road construction, sirens, yapping friends in the back seat and a smart phone with incoming texts. Drivers are challenged to keep their eyes on the road; if they don't—say, they look at their phone screen—they're likely to crash.
from Co.Create http://www.fastcocreate.com/3041025/toyota-and-oculus-rift-put-teens-through-a-vr-experience-in-distracted-driving?partner=rss
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