Slideshow: VR Games Pit Pets Against Owners

Researchers are working on a new home entertainment line -- virtual reality games your pets can play with you. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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The gaming structure in which the hamster plays on an ever changing terrain. You can see the actuators through the back.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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3D mouse in a virtual environment (left), mouse in a real-life environment (right).Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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The actuators powered by electrical motors, which mould the elastic surface of the hamster tank,simulating the movement of the virtual terrain.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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Diagrams of how the final product hopes to work.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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A view of the elastic surface without it's skin.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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A screenshot of the game's GUI.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore

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A hamster positioned on a prototype of the elastic terrain.Photo: Courtesy of the Mixed Reality Lab, Singapore