In the past, parents told you not to get too close to the TV, which would damage the eyes. Now that the web giants have told you that the future of the web is metacosm, hurry up and put the screen on your head.
The development and change of the times are always caught off guard, and what is even more unexpected is that cattle have begun to experience VR and play with the "metaverse".
A few days ago, a familiar operation re-emerged as a farmer putting on a VR device for his cows to reduce the pressure on the cows and increase milk production.
It's like the animal version of Ready Player One...
This happened in Turkey, where the farmer zzet Ko ak has hundreds of cows, and in order to ensure milk production, he needs to take good care of the cows' food and drink.
At the same time, the elder brother is also looking for a new solution to increase production, so he chose to put VR on the cow.
So, what do cows see through VR?
Unlike humans' favorite colors, cows see green nature.
In winter, there is no green grass in the outside world, and the cows have to stay indoors. But VR has changed this situation, using virtual reality to show the sun-drenched pasture environment for the cows, and the owner of the cow will also add BGM, play sound effects such as bird song, and simulate the scene from both audiovisual aspects.
In this environment, cows can relieve stress and thus produce more milk.
Some bosses listen to the direct pat on the thigh, this is not to draw the cake first, and then let the employees work overtime happily.
Many people feel that perhaps 2022 has a good start to a sense of technology, but in fact, this brain hole comes from 2019.
The cowkeeper said that he was inspired by a test in Russia, and the news at that time was similar to today, that the cows put on VR, and the milk production increased:
According to the introduction of this VR equipment and we humans use a slight difference, after all, the cow's vision and people are not the same, so in order to ensure that the equipment can be adapted to the cow, R & D personnel, cattle breeders and veterinarians have carried out tripartite cooperation, for the animal vision has been adjusted.
Inspired, the Turkish cattle breeder began the experiment and thought it worked well, according to him, the quality and quantity of milk improved, with milk production increasing from 22 liters per day to 27 liters.
So he plans to order 10 more VR devices, and even if production can grow in the same way, he wants to put VR on his hundreds of cattle.
And this matter also quickly caused a hot discussion in the network. Some people think that this is the bull marching into the metacosm, and some people think that this is the "meat" universe.
Some people complained, saying that the type of online dating object increased after that, maybe the other party was a cow.
But there are still many people who maintain a "questioning" and critical attitude towards this matter.
The first is the moral question, and everyone wonders if this is considered an animal cruelty. After all, humans are only trying to get milk, but they want to keep cattle in the virtual world, which seems unnecessary and sounds like an imposition of intervention.
Besides, can't the cow really tell that this is a virtual scene? Maybe it looks at VR and doesn't understand what the scene in front of it means, and it's done every day by closing its eyes and stuffing its head and milking. Humans think that they have fooled animals, perhaps in fact, they are increasing the burden of animal survival.
More netizens pointed out that the VR equipment designed for humans is obviously not suitable for the face of cattle, and even needs to be doubled to cover the eyes. These VR glasses are all crooked to the brain, just like the eight gods in Digimon Taiichi, so will this method really work?
In addition, the most discussed thing is the operation of wearing VR for cows, which is simply "The Matrix - Cow Edition".
Create a happy false world for the cow, and then lie to the cow that it is summer and life is good. Then, unconsciously, cattle have provided energy to other living things in reality.
One day, a heroic cow appeared, they saw through the dilemma of the virtual world, and then launched a counterattack against humans, returned to the real world, and liberated all the cows wearing VR...
Of course, in addition to all kinds of controversy, the most exciting thing about this matter should be that the pie of the meta-universe has eaten for half a day, and the result is that the cows have used VR before themselves.
In fact, this idea of wearing VR for cows revolves around a widely spread idea that environmental conditions may affect the health of cows and the production of milk, so humans will try various ways to keep cows relaxed and happy.
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In addition to VR, there are many tricks, such as putting classical music on cattle, providing massage equipment, and so on.
But with the increase of technological products, the way humans manage animals is indeed becoming more and more sci-fi.
For example, implanting chips into cattle for monitoring, using AI to check the emotions of pigs in order to keep pigs happy, trying to herd sheep with robot dogs, and so on.
As early as 2014, people imagined that they would put special VR equipment on their chickens, counting the time, it was almost 8 years ago.
If the timeline continues to move forward, 30 years ago, when people conceived of the virtual reality world, it is estimated that no one would think that today someone would put a virtual reality device on the cattle to get them out of winter, trying to make them think that they were in the summer grassland.
But while times are changing and products are upgrading, people's concerns about the virtual world have not changed.
Looking at these cattle that have been "staying on the grassland" through VR equipment to move bricks, it is difficult not to think of themselves who have been staying at the workstation to graze in the future.
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