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A Canadian RC airplane enthusiast shows us some sweet unanticipated convergence between a model RC airplane and virtual reality gear.
With video googles and a gyroscope, the movement of the pilot’s head controls which way the camera looks, making you feel like you are the pilot and can look around from the plane. I hope this is not fake, because it is incredible! Watch the video!

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The South Idaho Press did a follow up story on our “What is it?” story.

That’s me with my back to the picture in the article.

A newspaper article from the South Idaho Press reports that a farmer found the near-space exploratory capsule launched by Ben Nickell with the Idaho Balloon Rise Workshop on October 2nd.

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