Recently, some dairy farmers near Moscow in Russia decided to try out VR headsets on their cows to find out whether this would make them produce more milk.
Could a virtual world be the answer to more milk? And at what cost?
This last question has a huge amount of people on Reddit sharing their thoughts and opinions on the matter. Just how much milk must a cow produce to afford a VR headset?
Can living in a virtual world help cows make more and better quality milk?
One person on Reddit jumped straight in with some numbers and percentages, making some rather decent assumptions:
They've solicited a number of reactions, mostly positive and humorous, especially for their use of the sentence "let's assume cow conversion is negligible cost."
This Redditor makes a fair point about converting the cost from a regular 'human' VR headset, the Oculus Quest.
We are loving the puns and comments of many Redditors ready to tackle this price issue, creating an entirely new currency for the matter:
https://interestingengineering.com/redditors-debate-how-much-milk-a-cow-needs-to-produce-to-afford-a-vr-headset?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Article&utm_ campaign=organic&utm_content=Nov28