How Close Science Is To A Real-Life 'Heads Up Display'
In computer games, you usually know things that your avatar could not, like the locations of enemies on a mini-map.
Meet Scott Maxwell: Star Wars Fan. Gamer. And, Oh Yeah, He Drives a Rover on Mars.
Some people have cool jobs. And then there's Scott Maxwell, who has one of the best gigs on two planets. He's one of the people who drives the Curiosity Rover on Mars. How do you get that job? What's it like? And how does it compare to all the sci-fi and video game fantasies we've all had about this kind of thing?
The Two Ways You Become Immersed in Video Games
Editor's Note: Back in July, the folks at the wonderfully-named science-minded consulting group Thwacke, they were telling us about what StarCraft and Mass Effect get right about astronomy.
