The game operates at a nanoscale with a standard controller.
Players pilot a miniature digital ship and launch nanoscale bullets to manipulate a physical ball, measuring a few microns.
This is an advancement in “nano-mixed reality,” a technology that merges the digital and the nanoscopic worlds.
Advancing Nano-Mixed Reality Technology
"The game is a shooting game in which the player manipulates a ship and shoots bullets at real nanoparticles to repel them.
Through this, we successfully demonstrated real-time interaction between digital data and physical nano-objects," said Professor Takayuki Hoshino, the lead developer.
How Nano Beams Enable Real-Time Manipulation of Nanoparticles
Nano-mixed reality uses high-speed electron beams to achieve real-time digital and nanoscopic physical integration.
The beams serve to generate complex, real-time electric fields and optical image patterns on the display.
These beams act like invisible hands, controlling the movement of nanoparticles.
Nagoya University's Groundbreaking Achievement
The researchers can move and manipulate nanoparticles in real-time by controlling the force field.
