Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo brings video-game design to reality

In the race to own the minds of couch-bound racers, Microsoft's Forza and Sony's Gran Turismo video game series have played a eight-year leapfrog match, with each new generation using ever-swelling oceans of polygons and physics simulators to create the most realistic worlds possible inside a game console.

Today, Mercedes-Benz revealed the latest move by the creators of the Gran Turismo series: Making the dream cars inside the game a reality, beginning with this, the AMG Vision Gran Turismo, powered by a twin-turbo 577-hp V-8. These images aren't screen captures — they're photographs.

As part of the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 game launching for the PlayStation 3 on Dec. 6, Gran Turismo invited several of the world's leading car design studios to creat

 

e unique concept cars that players can eventually download and race inside the game, with at least 15 expected to be unveiled over the coming months, ranging from General Motors and Chrysler's SRT division to Italian design houses Zagato and Bertone.

ASUU strike: Union to take final decision during meeting on Friday

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is likely to hold its postponed National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Friday.
The meeting is expected to decide whether or not to suspend the indefinite strike it began four months ago.
It is however unclear if the NEC will still be held at the Bayero University, Kano where it was initially proposed to hold.
The leadership of the Union postponed the scheduled Kano NEC meeting following the demise of one its key members, Festus Iyayi, a former President, who died last Tuesday in a ghastly motor accident on his way to Kano for the postponed NEC meeting.
He died along the Abuja-Lokoja highway in an accident caused by the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada.

The Union also urged the public to ignore speculations that ASUU has called off its NEC indefinitely, explaining that the Union only postponed the NEC meeting as a mark of honour and respect for the late Iyayi.
An official on condition of anonymity confirmed that ASUU officials had last week Wednesday converged at the Bayero University, Kano, before news of Iyayi’s death filtered in.
The Union has been on strike since July 1 over the 2009 agreement it reached with the Federal Government.
All entreaties to call it off was rebuffed until President Goodluck Jonathan waded in with an offer of N1.1 trillion to be spread across the nation’s universities for a period of five years.
ASUU has said it will deliberate on Federal government’s offer and take a position after its forthcoming NEC.

ASSU STRIKE UPDATE:PROFESSOR FESTUS IYAYI KILLED IN ACCIDENT INVOLVING GOVERNOR IDRIS WADA'S CONVOY

Former ASUU President, Professor Festus Iyayi died a few hours ago in the Kogi State capital, Lokoja from complications from accident that involved the convoy of the Governor of the state, Governor Idris Wada.
The late Professor was on his way to Kano for a meeting of ASUU when the terrible crash occurred. This is the 2nd time in less than a year that the Governor would be involved in a terrible accident where lives were lost. In December of 2012, his convoy was involved in a crash where he lost one of his security aides, while the Governor and 2 others wee seriously wounded. 

May the soul of the dearly departed rest in peace.