Become part of the first manned science mission to Mars, before it even happens! Visit the awe-inspiring, mysterious red planet and feel the excitement of being an astronaut, 34 million miles from home in a beautiful, realistic and accurately mapped virtual reality.
Experience what it's like to set foot on Mars and take in expansive vistas, accurately mapped and modeled using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Hi Rise satellite data. Explore and study the planets geology, including its dangerous lava tubes, frozen lakes and impressive mountain peaks as you leave the safety of the astronaut Habitat. Uncover the terrains history while facing realistic weather conditions, atmospheric pressure, and Time of day. You can navigate the enormous environment wearing the actual spacesuit prototype being considered for the mission to Mars.
Features:
- Navigate the treacherous and beautiful landscape with your companion humanoid robot Valkyrie to collect samples and observe the off-limits Planetary Protection Zones.
- Full Martian Time of Day Cycle
- Analyze your findings in the Geolab workstation equipped with a VR Microscope, allowing you to carefully examine samples.
- Face the daily challenge of operating, maintaining and repairing your equipment from the Habitat base, which has been modeled after the actual design from NASA Langleys Evolvable Mars Campaign.
- Get a first-hand, realistic look at all of the technologies considered for the mission to Mars or explore the Haley Simulations that allow you to see Mars as it was 4 billion years ago.
VR Features:
- Custom room-scale VR technology is used to maximize the Mars experience by featuring superior tracking to existing solutions.
- Interactive VR music, recorded by the London Symphonic Orchestra, ensures that music plays under different emotional states, depending on where you look.
- Ambisonic sound covers audio sources from every direction and propagates sound realistically.
- Full support of motion controls make it easy for the user to operate their equipment and navigate the terrain.
- Explore: Mars 2030 is built using a custom Unreal 4 game engine capable of producing the large scale environment at optimal framerates, pushing 8K resolution.