SDO in Virtual Reality: A New Spacecraft Interactive
Abstract
Have you ever dreamed of rocketing into space as an astronaut? Or wished you could just float out among the stars and satellites? Well, now you can! With the new Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Spacecraft Interactive you can spin, rotate, and explore the various parts of a spacecraft as if you were in space, without leaving the comforts and gravity of our home planet. This new and innovative interactive is a great cross-cutting tool with applications from project management to Education and Public Outreach (EPO). The current model allows users to explore the spacecraft and all of its various components creating a user-unique experience. When adapted to an immersive technology environment, users will be able to experience this exploration as if actually floating in space with the star field projected all around you. In either form, this interactive could also be used by program managers to navigate a photograph and video archive.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2007
- Bibcode:
- 2007AAS...211.9408D