Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
EDIT: The Mars Rollercoaster executable (W7 64bits) is now available to download here :
dropbox.com/sh/bdkbyfr0x02pbcm/AABHTjoJziPsTYBF-6nHpLaqa?dl=0
This video shows an activity proposed by the ESA's Advanced Concepts Team during the ESTEC Open Day which took place on Sunday, 5 of October 2014 in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
The visitors had the opportunity to discover what it feels like to be on Mars using a 3D virtual reality head-mounted display, the Oculus Rift.
The region of Mars shown here is the Gale Crater reconstructed from ESA's Mars Express satellite images (Vertical exageration x4). Data used are HSI colour composites and DTMs provided jointly by the Freie Universität Berlin and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geol/fachrichtungen/planet/index.html
The rollercoaster is built on Unreal Engine 4 using a modified version of the rollercoaster plugin developed by Teddy0k and available on the Oculus Rift Development forum. developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=8032
If you have questions or discussion point, you can contact us by sending email to act@esa.int.
EDIT: The Mars Rollercoaster executable (W7 64bits) is now available to download here :
dropbox.com/sh/bdkbyfr0x02pbcm/AABHTjoJziPsTYBF-6nHpLaqa?dl=0
This video shows an activity proposed by the ESA's Advanced Concepts Team during the ESTEC Open Day which took place on Sunday, 5 of October 2014 in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
The visitors had the opportunity to discover what it feels like to be on Mars using a 3D virtual reality head-mounted display, the Oculus Rift.
The region of Mars shown here is the Gale Crater reconstructed from ESA's Mars Express satellite images (Vertical exageration x4). Data used are HSI colour composites and DTMs provided jointly by the Freie Universität Berlin and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geol/fachrichtungen/planet/index.html
The rollercoaster is built on Unreal Engine 4 using a modified version of the rollercoaster plugin developed by Teddy0k and available on the Oculus Rift Development forum. developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=8032
If you have questions or discussion point, you can contact us by sending email to act@esa.int.
