All Things 3D | "Excursion: 145 Minutes on the Moon" part of the "Apollo 11: 'One Small Step For...' VR Experiences" @allthings3d | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 7 hours ago
"Excursion: 145 Minutes on the Moon" uses the Vive Pro, and three Vive Trackers for the custom mocap experience that allows you to suit up "virtual." along with custom programmed Valve Index Controllers allowing you to reach out and grasp. Not only does this allow you to experience what it would have felt like to be wearing the A7L Lunar Excursion spacesuit, but also relive five key moments in these momentous 245 minutes in mankind's history.
This is part one of three VR experiences coming to Steam VR & Vive Portal in January in beta with the full version including "LUNAR WARS" available in April as part of the VR Command Control Console (VRCCC) to be launched on Kickstarter soon. It will also include a 'lite' version that does not need the additional Valve trackers and can used with any headset including MS WMRs (tested with the Samsung Odyssey+ and HP Reverb G2).
NOTE: The above footage is actual in-game footage recorded from 'spectator' monitor set up for those not participating in the experience. It is meant to mimic the classic black & white footage that many of of us "boomers" experienced on one of those boxy viewing devices called a TV. The inset color image is what the user is seeing. In this video I am throwing rocks, grabbing the soil sampler, helping Buzz Aldrin align the 'Passive Seismometer' and throwing the ALSCC (Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera), a cool stereo paired cameras with film cartridge that resembles a vacuum cleaner that I am throwing into the 'Little West Crater'. No, it was not thrown in the crater but is was left on the surface sans film cartridge which was brought back to earth and film developed. Here is a link to anaglyph images from the film: planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2014/20141226-lunar-surface-alscc.html . Oh even taking virtual "snapshots" with the chest attached Hasselblad 500EL, which was used to take the now famous image by Neil Armstrong of Buzz Aldrin, that could have been sent up directly to Instagram since the image aspect size was perfect 1:1 square image (hey Instagram, maybe you should make filter with mimic the Reseau plate -- those hash marks seen all over the images they took with this camera). You can find some of my snapshots here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ssbr7Ndq_umk5CsCcbjhQK4uvDhCvefz/view?usp=sharing
"Sprach Zarathustra" performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Schubert and recorded by Eric Pancer in the 2000 Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concert - archive.org/details/uso20000527
"Excursion: 145 Minutes on the Moon" uses the Vive Pro, and three Vive Trackers for the custom mocap experience that allows you to suit up "virtual." along with custom programmed Valve Index Controllers allowing you to reach out and grasp. Not only does this allow you to experience what it would have felt like to be wearing the A7L Lunar Excursion spacesuit, but also relive five key moments in these momentous 245 minutes in mankind's history.
This is part one of three VR experiences coming to Steam VR & Vive Portal in January in beta with the full version including "LUNAR WARS" available in April as part of the VR Command Control Console (VRCCC) to be launched on Kickstarter soon. It will also include a 'lite' version that does not need the additional Valve trackers and can used with any headset including MS WMRs (tested with the Samsung Odyssey+ and HP Reverb G2).
NOTE: The above footage is actual in-game footage recorded from 'spectator' monitor set up for those not participating in the experience. It is meant to mimic the classic black & white footage that many of of us "boomers" experienced on one of those boxy viewing devices called a TV. The inset color image is what the user is seeing. In this video I am throwing rocks, grabbing the soil sampler, helping Buzz Aldrin align the 'Passive Seismometer' and throwing the ALSCC (Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera), a cool stereo paired cameras with film cartridge that resembles a vacuum cleaner that I am throwing into the 'Little West Crater'. No, it was not thrown in the crater but is was left on the surface sans film cartridge which was brought back to earth and film developed. Here is a link to anaglyph images from the film: planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2014/20141226-lunar-surface-alscc.html . Oh even taking virtual "snapshots" with the chest attached Hasselblad 500EL, which was used to take the now famous image by Neil Armstrong of Buzz Aldrin, that could have been sent up directly to Instagram since the image aspect size was perfect 1:1 square image (hey Instagram, maybe you should make filter with mimic the Reseau plate -- those hash marks seen all over the images they took with this camera). You can find some of my snapshots here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ssbr7Ndq_umk5CsCcbjhQK4uvDhCvefz/view?usp=sharing
"Sprach Zarathustra" performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Schubert and recorded by Eric Pancer in the 2000 Cathy Heifetz Memorial Concert - archive.org/details/uso20000527
