Gamasutra's Tom Curtis writes, "You might not be able to tell at first blush, but NASA is really into video games -- so much so, in fact, that the organization has produced several of its own titles to teach the public about the latest in aeronautics technology and research."
VRFocus reports on the revelation that Sony will unveil a Project Morpheus multiplayer experience at SIGGRAPH next week, developed in conjunction with NASA.
Very Cool, Dr. Richard Marks and his team I imagine are pretty excited to kick off the Morpheus Multiplayer demo there.
Cannot wait to see this.
Should be dope! I really have to try VR.
Also expect to see some fail videos online where some kid unwittingly RKO's his grandmother through a coffee table as he plays WWE VR edition.
Lol, so true there is the page on the web site listing the demos for VR and AR..there is a AR demos by Microsoft and the company that help make the snazzy AR goggles with Microsoft Laster glass!
There is a hybrid AR and VR unit combined together that's being shown. And Oculus rift also getting some Demo's there also.
Its very packed by the looks of it
.. Theme is Quilts for the convention! Lol. Just look at the web site..hahaha pretty nifty.
also @ the VRVillage event @ Siggraph
as always some cool pretty neat stuff
example:
should go nice addition to google card board.
Cardboard Controller for Cardboard VR
You can now touch, grab, walk, and jump in VR with very little cost. Download the controller's blueprint, assemble it in a matter of minutes using only cardboard, and enjoy fully immersive and interactive.
Cardboard Controller for Cardboard VR
Repeatedly hitting the crouch button on top of a downed opponent will enter a whole new dimension.
Ha ha, depends on who is bagging or clamming me!
There are a lot of standard game moments we take for granted in gaming that assume an entirely different aspect under VR. This new experience, not just being downed :) can't get here soon enough.
Sweet. Really cannot wait to see where this goes. In addition to specifically built VR titles I am looking to see how standard games fare so hopefully we will see titles that use VR enhancement. I am one of those sick persons that wants to see Battlefront and Mirrors Edge in VR.
Ricky from Twinfinite writes; "Kerbal Space Program and NASA have announced a plan to let players have control of an actual future NASA mission inside the game in a special upcoming update."
"What could be lonely about a probe with an entire planet's terrain to scavenge? Apparently everything, based on what Martin Melicharek of Bohemia Interactive told BeefJack."
They also made Moon Base-Alpha which is free on steam. I thought it was pretty fun and required teamwork. Too bad it's only one map and one mission. :(
Well if Newt isn't elected they will likely only have video games to fund them. So keep it up NASA. Make something profitable though if you want to one day fly again.
I read something literally over 15-20 years ago about NASA and it's shuttle pilots and navagators regarding games, and it said, if I remember corectly that from judging reation times from its pilots and navagators that did or didn't play games that they would permanently instigate a program basically making gaming a part of the training process!
I have always remembered that!