Tag: virtual reality
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Immerse yourself in life aboard the International Space Station at ‘The Infinite’ VR experience
Visitors to “The Infinite” walk around an exhibit space at the Tacoma Armory that contains a full-scale VR version of the International Space Station. In the foreground, Lesley Kilp and Kyle Byram are sitting down to watch a VR spacewalk. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) TACOMA, Wash. — One tour of the International Space Station…
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Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxi
Boeing software engineer Connie Miller tries out the Varjo virtual-reality system to control a computer-generated Starliner space taxi. (Varjo / Boeing Photo) Boeing isn’t due to start flying NASA crews to the International Space Station until next year, but in the meantime, astronauts can steer a computer-generated Starliner space taxi with the aid of Varjo’s…
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Expedition Titan uses mixed reality to turn Saturn’s mysterious moon into a thrill ride
GeekWire’s Alan Boyle (foreground) and University of Washington planetary scientist Baptiste Journaux take a thrill ride through an ice volcano, courtesy of Expedition Titan, a mixed-reality experience at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) It’s doubtful anyone alive today will get to ride through the ice volcanoes of Saturn’s largest moon —…
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Microsoft Edge boosts SpaceShipTwo into virtual space on Virgin Galactic’s website
Virgin Galactic’s website offers a multimedia-enhanced VR view of VSS Unity, the company’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, and its WhiteKnightTwo mothership. (Microsoft Edge / Virgin Galactic) Virgin Galactic hasn’t yet started taking tourists into space on its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane, but the company now offers a virtual SpaceShipTwo tour on its website, with a big assist…
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Virtual reality takes you on a trip to Mars with NASA rover – and to alien worlds, too
“Access Mars” provides 3-D views of the Red Planet as captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover. (NASA / JPL Illustration) NASA has been offering virtual-reality tours of Mars for years — but now, with Google’s help, the space agency has come up with one of the most accessible tours yet. “Access Mars” lays out a 3-D terrain…
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Explore Mars like an astronaut: Mars 2030 VR experience lifts off
The Mars 2030 virtual reality experience launched today and is available for download. (Photo courtesy of Fusion Media Group) Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that simulates living and working on the Red Planet, launched today for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Steam PC. The 3-D game has yet to be released for PlayStation…
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Augmented reality lets you step through Museum of Flight’s portal and onto NASA’s historic 737 jet
Get ready to cross into an interdimensional portal, because one just appeared at Seattle’s Museum of Flight: It’s transporting visitors into an augmented-reality tour of a historic NASA plane. In a style similar to Pokémon GO, the Museum of Flight’s app places a portal onto the screen of a smartphone or tablet, blended in with…
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‘Mars 2030’ VR experience will allow users to explore terrain, drive rover, work in station and more
A scene from “Mars 2030.” (Fusion Media Group Image) Space geeks looking to take a walk 34 million miles from home without actually training to be an astronaut will get the opportunity to do that, virtually, when “Mars 2030” is released to consumers next month. The immersive VR production from Fusion Media Group, in partnership…
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Oculus’ ‘Mission: ISS’ takes one more step toward giant leap for virtual space station
“Mission: ISS” lets you use Oculus Touch controllers to interact with a virtual-reality version of the International Space Station. (Oculus Rift Illustration) Oculus has just launched “Mission: ISS,” a virtual-reality simulation that takes advantage of the company’s headset and handheld controllers to let you explore the International Space Station and even perform a virtual spacewalk. The computer-generated…
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Museum of Flight lets you walk on Mars in virtual reality for SpaceFest
Aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle, explores NASA’s Curiosity rover and its surroundings on Mars in virtual reality at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota) I’ve been to Mars to kick the tires on NASA’s Curiosity rover – and you can take that trip as well. Not in reality, of course, but in…