European Space Agency Helps Create 360-Degree Virtual Reality Simulator of Famous Apollo 15 Mission

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Image Credit: Timelab Technologies/NASA



The last lunar Apollo mission was in 1972. NASA is planning on returning to the moon by 2024. Meanwhile the European Space Agency is providing a unique look at one of the most famous missions. Working with a team of engineers and scientists from Timelab Technologies, and NASA, they have recreated this epic mission.









“We are revisiting these missions to recreate their detailed attitude history as a way to re-analyse various scientific measurements they made, such as optical imaging or X-ray spectroscopy,” explains ESA project scientist Erik Kuulkers.European Space Agency



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[Brian_B]

I remember an nVidia demo that was supposed to prove why the shadows in the photo theory was false, based on ambient occlusion or something.

it wasn’t VR but was still cool - because Apollo was cool.