Japan's battleship Yamato to be reproduced with VR tech

High school students in Hiroshima Prefecture are working to reanimate an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship which was sunk by U.S. forces during World War II using virtual reality technology.The virtual reality tour of the Yamato, which remains one of the largest battleships ever built, will be completed as early as this summer and offered at the Yamato Museum in the city of Kure, where the battleship was built.(Fukuyama Technical High School)With VR technology using images, sound and vibrations, people will be able to tour the ship virtually, as if they are there in person.Through the VR go…READ FULL ARTICLE