Humanoid avatar plays a competitive game of table tennis

Recently, scientists have designed and built an immersive table tennis (or “ping-pong”) simulation that allows a human to compete against a computer. While most virtual reality environments support slow- or medium-speed user interaction, the new table tennis simulation can realistically respond to the top ball speed of most non-professionals—up to 15 meters per second.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news87121098.html">Humanoid avatar plays a competitive game of table tennis</a></p> <p>Recently, scientists have designed and built an immersive table tennis (or “ping-pong”) simulation that allows a human to compete against a computer. While most virtual reality environments support slow- or medium-speed user interaction, the new table tennis simulation can realistically respond to the top ball speed of most non-professionals—up to 15 meters per second.</p>