It looks, feels and sounds like the real thing.
A team at the University of Victoria is developing a virtual reality game based on data from a real tsunami that slammed into Port Alberni, B.C., in 1964.
The technology could eventually be used to help emergency officials prepare for the next big wave.
“It’s actually a scenario that allows people to look at the tsunami event that happened in 1964,” said Yvonne Coady, a professor of computer science at the university.
“You feel like you are there, and you are looking at Port Alberni, and it is actually accurate.”
The 1964 tsunami was triggered
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