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Yes, it runs 'Doom': Satellite plays iconic game in world's 1st demonstration of orbital voice control
Space.com · By Elizabeth Howell ·
The Brief
- A satellite ran the 1993 video game Doom after a voice command was sent from the ground.
- The demonstration is described by Space.com as the world's first orbital voice control test.
- The satellite is the PRETTY cubesat, run by a consortium that includes the European Space Agency.
Why it matters
The demonstration shows that voice commands can be used to control a spacecraft-hosted application, a small step toward more flexible operation of orbital hardware.
Who’s affected
- satellite operators and cubesat developers
- space engineers interested in onboard software
- #cubesat
- #orbital computing
- #voice control
- #space software
- #doom
A satellite went knee-deep in the dead, after a voice command from the ground activated the Doom video game in space. Playing a first-person shooter from 1993 was obviously not in the design plan for the PRETTY cubesat , which is run by a consortium including the European Space…
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Space.com reports the satellite ran Doom after a ground voice command
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Yes, it runs 'Doom': Satellite plays iconic game in world's 1st demonstration of orbital voice control