Walking Through an Exploded Star: Rendering Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A into Virtual Reality

Autor:	Arcand, Kimberly K., Jiang, Elaine, Price, Sara, Watzke, Megan, Sgouros, Tom, Edmonds, Peter
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction
Zdroj:	Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal Volume 1, Issue 24 (2018): 17
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	NASA and other astrophysical data of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant have been rendered into a three-dimensional virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) program, the first of its kind. This data-driven experience of a supernova remnant allows viewers to walk inside the leftovers from the explosion of a massive star, select the parts of the supernova remnant to engage with, and access descriptive texts on what the materials are. The basis of this program is a unique 3D model of the 340-year old remains of a stellar explosion, made by combining data from the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory, Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based facilities. A collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Brown University allowed the 3D astronomical data collected on Cassiopeia A to be featured in the VR/AR program, which is an innovation in digital technologies with public, education, and research-based impacts. Comment: 20 pages, 6 figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1812.06237 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv