Tech Meanwhile in Russia! Cows are wearing VR headsets to produce more milk.

[Bosa]

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

[CurrentlySober]

i cunt a4da cow...

[lovebitch]

wtf, Russians always comes up with earth saving ideas.

[CaptainHowdy]

What is the cow actually watching ? ?

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by lovebitch

wtf, Russians always comes up with earth saving ideas.

This won't save the Earth of course. But... the first nuclear bomb was made in the USA and it was used twice against civilian people. The first civilian nuclear reactor was made in Russia. Yes, we know about Chernobyl, Fukushima, Feedwater line-burst at Surry Nuclear power plant etc, but everything may happen when you do it first.

[Bosa]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

What is the cow actually watching ? ?

A Russian farm has given its dairy cows virtual reality headsets in a bid to reduce their anxiety.

The herd donned VR systems adapted for the "structural features of cow heads" and were shown a "unique summer field simulation program".

Moscow's Ministry of Agriculture and Food cited research which they say has shown a link between a cow's emotional experience and its milk yield.

Initial tests reportedly boosted "the overall emotional mood of the herd".

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by Bosa

"unique summer field simulation program".

I thought . . .

[2MuchMark]

I am starting a be cow porn website for cows. Need investors. It’ll be moo-tastic!

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

What is the cow actually watching ? ?

You know what I could have said here.

[lock]

They have to wear them so they don't know who is sucking their teets.

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

You know what I could have said here.

. . .

[celandina]

Soviet scientist Ivan Michurin did this 100 years ago, playing music to cows and plants