Augmented Reality Cooking Simulator Makes Virtual Food

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Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a realistic simulation of cooking with a frying pan:

When you move the frying pan, the actual movement is input, and you can feel the ingredients through the pan. Also, the upper part of the system is a screen. When you look into the pan, you can see what's in it through a half-mirror. So this simulator lets you experience looking into the frying pan while you hold it.

This technology combines a rigid-body physics engine library and a heat conduction simulator. The heat conduction state changes in line with the amount of physical contact, and the simulation is achieved by combining them.

The food that you cook with the simulator is also very low in fat.

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