Elon Musk says Tesla should build a video game using the technology
The richest person in the world is a fan of video games and has been known to play his favorite game when he is not busy running two companies and chiming in on the progress of several others. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. TSLA, sees similarities between Tesla and video games, as seen on a recent Twitter thread.
What Happened: Musk is a fan of video games, with Elden Ring the subject of numerous tweets by the frequent social media poster.
Electric vehicle news poster Whole Mars Catalog said on Twitter that simulation could be useful for testing and creating ground truth data. Whole Mars tweeted that Tesla built a system that can take labeled data from a clip and turn it into a simulation in 5 minutes.
Musk said on Twitter that Tesla should build a Grand Theft Auto type game using simulated reconstructions of real-world scenes.
Musk said that the tweet from Whole Mars shows why he thinks we are in a simulation.
Whole Mars chimed in with the idea of a video game.
It would be interesting to build video game maps using this technology. The Tesla fleet recently showed you how to play in your own neighborhood. Musk seemed to like the idea of a video game using Tesla technology.
It would be cool to make a game using Tesla Sim that's literally your city neighborhood, down to skid marks on the road, and inject fantasy sci-fi elements, Musk said.
Whole Mars shared an idea of the name of the game with Grand Theft Tesla, a take on the popular video game series Grand Theft Auto from Take-Two Interactive Software TTWO.
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Why It's Important: At the age of 12, Musk sold a video game company he created, Blastar, for $500.
Musk has praised Deus Ex, Fallout and Bioshock as his favorite video games in a previous interview. In 2022, Musk found time to play and praise Elden Ring, a game from Bandai Namco.
One user chimed in on Musk's latest tweet about video games by pulling up an old 2019 tweet.
If life is a video game, the graphics are great, but the plot is confusing, the tutorial is way too long, Musk tweeted in 2019.
Along with playing video games, Musk also supported adding more video game features to Tesla vehicles, with Tesla Arcade soon getting an upgrade to include Steam integration to make games like Elden Ring playable inside electric vehicles.
With the availability of games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Apex Legends and PUBG: Battlegrounds, it is possible to add Steam to the playable games in Tesla vehicles. Integrating the Steam library of games could add another reason for consumers to purchase a Tesla vehicle over one from a rival.
While Tesla could have its hands full, with electric vehicles, solar power, energy storage and soon Humanoid robots, video games incorporating its maps and technology could be a future development.